With the 2010 edition of Paris-Roubaix lurking around the corner this weekend, I thought it'd be about time I posted the complete edit of shots from last year's race. These appeared in Cycle Sport the month after the race. All were shot on a Noblex 135u swivel lens panoramic on a combination of Kodak TMAX 200, 400 and 3200 iso film.
Myself and fellow Cycle Sport photographer Richard Baybutt stayed in St Quentin and caught the race three times. The first at the first cobbled sector just outside the village of Inchy, then at the infamous Arenberg forest and then legging it to the finish at the Roubaix velodrome (where, we realised that the race was following the motorway, what with all the cars hitting the hazards and either stopping in their tracks to watch or pulling over to the hard shoulder).
Last year's was a blinder, let's hope that the Boonen/Cancellara rematch makes for as good a race this time round.
The peloton chases the break at the first section of cobbles near Inchy.
Tom Boonen and Sylvain Chavanel being interviewed for television before mounting the podium.
TV cameramen check their footage at the finish.
Joost Posthuma leads the break at the first sector.
Sylvain Chavanel interviewed by the press shortly after finishing.
Another Quick Step rider is collared by the Belgian cycling media.
Photographer Rich Baybutt goes native and watches the race from the motorway. When in Rome…
Andrei Thcmil looking less than amused at a persistent journalist.
A policeman surveys the crowds at the Roubaix velodrome.
Photographers await the arrival of the winner. Don't worry, mate, things can't be that bad…
Photographers throng to the finish as Tom Boonen wins his third Roubaix ahead of Filippo Pozzato.
Thor Hushovd finishes in pain after taking a spanking courtesy of Roubaix's cobbles.
A rider from the BMC team is treated for a knee injury as the photographers/ghouls look on.
A fan watches the peloton pass at the Inchy sector.
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