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[mattb]

This was the big pro road race that came through our little town a few weeks ago.

Stage 1 peleton coming through Gunnison on the way to Mt. Crested Butte
Pentax K-x & Rokinon 8mm Fisheye ISO 200 1/750s

IMGP2214.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Stage 2 I rode in a Colombian team car from Gunnison to Aspen. Fun!
All stage 2 shot with Pentax K5 & Tamron 28-75 2.8 unless otherwise noted

Bad wreck at a cattleguard in Taylor Canyon. Poor guy broke both hands, lost teeth, and needed reconstructive surgery on his face.

IMGP2423.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr


IMGP2441.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr


IMGP2471.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

KOM winner Rafael Montiel

IMGP2475.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Fans

IMGP2479.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Rafael borrowed my jacket for the Cottonwood DH!

IMGP2516.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Stage winner George Hincapie at the press conference
Pentax K-x & DA L 55-300

IMGP2270.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

It was a fun couple of days, that's for sure!

[Old Timer]

Outstanding captures Matt! Love that first ultra wide and the fans shot is super.

[armando_m]

Ditto on #1 awesome capture !!

Poor guy on the wreck !!
and what is the lady photographer thinking (or not thinking) ? she is distracting the paramedics , one is trying hard not to look while the other one is just staring

[mattb]

Ditto on #1 awesome capture !!

Poor guy on the wreck !!
and what is the lady photographer thinking (or not thinking) ? she is distracting the paramedics , one is trying hard not to look while the other one is just staring

Yes, interesting about her. Looks like they are trying to peek up her skirt. We also don't have many people who dress like that around here (small town Western Colorado) so she kind of stuck out! After much joking about her I got an email from a friend who worked on the tour. He ran into her at another stage and she is making a documentary about the team who that rider rides for. I checked out her site and she does some pretty nice work IMO! I shared my photos of her and she seemed very nice in the email exchange we had.

Thanks for compliments!