Tour of Missouri: Stage 7 Report and Photos

by Jen See on Sep 16, 2008 12:33 PM EDT in N. American Racing

Photo copyright Lyne Lamoureux. Used with permission.

The start of the Stage 7 Circuit Race.

Photo copyright Lyne Lamoureux. Used with permission.

So smiley, Vandevelde and Cavendish at the start.

"Columbia started the race out Monday and Tuesday with Mark's spirited wins, Wednesday turned things around a lot. Actually, I didn't really expect to win the time trial but I really liked the course, it was a beautiful time trial down in the hills by the Ozarks. Then from there on, it was game on, it was a bug war with everyone trying to throw everything at us, trying to take away the 21 seconds that I had from the time trial and it was a great race. I was thinking about it today that I was happy that they did give us such a fight because it means that much more to win this week. " said Christian Vande Velde, after the stage.

Chicchi Wins!

Photo copyright Lyne Lamoureux. Used with permission.

"I was behind the train of Columbia and I came around with 200 meters to go, I decided to launch my sprint because Toyota-United riders in front didn't seem to want to launch it, so I launched with 200 meters. I probably surprised Mark going out so early with a headwind and that probably game me an edge. Fortunately for me, Mark was not able to come back on me. " said Francesco Chicchi through a translator.

Read the Full Story and an Interview with overall winner Christian Vandevelde at Podium In Sight. And of course, way more photos!

Full results from the Tour of Missouri can be found at the Official Race Site.

Photo copyright Lyne Lamoureux. Used with permission.

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Spelling pedant alert

I’d normally let things pass, but no way do you call him Cheeky. It’s just wrong.

Great photos, especially the first one. Do you do clever little tweaks in Photoshop to make the riders stand out, or is it just that you are much better at taking photos than me?

by Monty. on Sep 16, 2008 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

fixed

d’oh. i actually never knew he had two h’s. spelling, so not my strong suit. it would probably help if i’d heard bulba or cassani talk about him at some point. anyway, i’m still going to call him cheeky.

love the perspective in that first photo, the way the riders arc across the frame, and echo the arch thingy in the background. pretty sweet.

by Jen See on Sep 16, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions

That first photo is thrillah!

by marian on Sep 17, 2008 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

check the gallery thingy

there were a couple others like that one – but that was definitely the money shot right there. beauty.

by Jen See on Sep 17, 2008 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

thank you. Well, I use Lightroom to do batch post processing on the photos

But I typically don’t do that much post on them , just not enough time. Generally, it’s just adjusting the blacks and some cropping if needed. Some photos do intrigue me so I spend more time on different settings for a few of them.

The light on Sunday was really good, not flat like most of the week.

by lyne on Sep 16, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions

it looked like

it was just overcast enough for good saturatin’ not overcast enough to be dark. i really liked this set.

by Jen See on Sep 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Great shots Lynn

I did not get any from that last stage as I was in a pretty hot double corner and too far from the finish to get there in time. It was nice to meet you and Nikki.

"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!

by Clydesdale on Sep 16, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

same here

sorry I couldn’t spend more time chatting

by lyne on Sep 16, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Ditto!

It was a really great week for sure!!!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Sep 16, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions

+3

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 18, 2008 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

wow.

Lyne – That first photo is awesome. (All are fabulous, of course, but that first one just made me think, “wow”.) You couldn’t have lined them up more perfectly in line and by team kit colors.

Thanks for sharing!

by Megabeth on Sep 16, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions