AP PHOTOS: The race to capture fleeting scenes from the Tour de France
Associated PressIt almost looks more like surrealism than photojournalism. “It’s really intense physically, mentally, creatively.. It’s an absolute marathon to cover this.” Cole and Delay are both avid cyclists with an understanding of a sport that can seem confusing to the casual observer with the nuances of team tactics, breakaway gambits and the races within the race for best sprinter and hill climber. “I’m a kid in a candy store.” To get his photo in the vineyard, Delay scouted the route several times in advance of the time trial, a short stage where each rider starts at intervals in a race against the clock. Delay planted himself in a gap between the grape trellises where fans were scattered along the road and then “waited and waited and waited.” The vines blocked his view up the road, so he had to judge riders’ arrival by the smattering of cheers and then he had a mere moment to get the shot as they sped past at about 50 kph. “Every little part of France has the Tour de France for 10 seconds and then it’s gone forever,” Cole said.
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