Photos of bicycle racing are fairly redundant in some respects, usually focused on riders crossing the finish line in celebratory conquest, in a large group set against a backdrop of roadside fans or fields of flowers, or portraits of pain as riders wheez or grinding the pedals and dripping with sweat up a mountain climb. Years ago, I came across race photos by Caroline Yang, whose images told a more in-depth story of bicycle racing. Instead of capturing ubiquitous race moments as seen thousands of times before, her lense steals the in-between moments of bicycle racing; the moments only seen as a voyeur or from the point of view of the racers, other staff or even the fan who might have snuck under a barrier to get a closer glimpse at one of their cycling heroes. The photo shown here is from the 2005 Tour de France, but it looks as fresh today as it did then.
Tags: Bicycle
