at a bar close to the departure area in maastricht, these guys were already celebrating around 8 o'clock in the morning. 'will we be on the cover?' they asked me. 'yes' i replied, shooting a few pics. the men at the bar were very curious, asking a lot of questions. it made me think about who of us were the visitors in this zoo? who are the watchers - and who are being watched?
im happy to quote mr. johnny green, former road manager of the clash here: the best rock'n'roll is not watched on a televison set. you have to be there!
arenberg, a huge crash gives the riders who were forgotten by the peloton a chance to catch up again. the cars stand still, a lot of yelling, honkin' horns and the sound of the chopper in the sky.
young girl in a nice skirt and pink shirt waiting for tom boonen to be the first to penetrate the velodrome of roubaix - PRS_RBX 2009. after a while in front of the mirror, she rode the bike in great expectation.
these riders are the human slipstream of the peloton. train. long. suffering. train long suffering. dragging themselves and their enemies up to the summit. liège-bastogne-liège 2009.
while the riders of vacansoleil eat breakfast, the soigneurs and mechanics do what they do best. Optimize, check again and again, grease, steel and carbon. After the Paris-Roubaix most of the bikes will never be used again. Pavé. Pavé.