It’s a wrap! The 2018 Mark Gunter Photographer of the Year Awards have closed after five weeks. Showcase Five has been difficult as the last minute rush of entries has given me so much choice! This week we’ve added in a few more images for your viewing pleasure.
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Cover Image by Kristof Ramon @kramon_velophoto, Professional category: “An exhausted Wout Van Aert crashes to the ground after racing incredibly strong (finishing 3rd) in his very first Strade Bianche. This feat propelled the CX World Champion into WordTour ‘hot prospect’.”
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Entry into the fiercely-contested Professional Cycling Photographer category is permitted to anyone who earns a living from his or her cycling photography.
Daghan Perker @dperker: “A different perspective. Photographers flock Katie Compton after she wins the US national CX title in January.”
Alex Broadway @_alexbroadway_: “2018 Red Bull Time Laps – A competitor rides during the ‘power hour’ night section of the race.”
Adrian Marshall @adrian_capstone: “A local Canberra (Australia) Criterium race with magpie. This photo was from a series I took through 2018 rediscovering black and white. I was also working with the distortion and interference effects from the heat haze from the bitumen, to accentuate the heat of the Australian summer.
Eloise Mavian @eloisemavian: “Christopher Froome looking at Tom Dumoulin after he secured his pink jersey on the 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia in Cervinia.”
Dario Belingheri @dariobelingheri: “Huge crowd in Catania, the “snake” running through the streets of the city invaded by the crowd, under the Volcano Etna, during the start of the 4th stage of the Giro d’Italia 2018.”
Alex Whitehead @alex_swpix: “Alexsey Obydennov of Russia in action during the Men’s C3 Road Race at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Maniago, Italy.”
Matt Grayson @mattgrayson_photo: “Part of a series of photographs of the UK Hill Climbing Championships. I have used a multiple-exposure technique. This is done in-camera at the event to explore themes of exertion, pain and recovery.”
Francesco Rachello @strict: “Raphaele Lemieux on her way to winning the Red Hook Crit Championship Series 2018 during the RHC Milano no. 9 Women’s crit.”
For non-professional photographers using high-end cameras, we have the Enthusiast category. It’s a loose description including entries taken on high-end cameras including Interchangeable Lens Cameras (ILC), mirrorless, film, compact, DSLR and other cameras.
Merlijn Spenkelink @Merlingraphy: “Master wheelbuilder and mechanic of the Dutch track squad Michon van Nimwegen building up a set of carbon wheels in his workshop, Service Course in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.”
Jimi Thomson @twotyredtours “This is one of the more remote roads/climbs that we have ever done. Colle Fauniera or Colle di Morte. Another one in your top 3 climbs to ride.”
Ronen Chernyak @ronenchernyak: “The final moment of stage 2 of 2018 Giro d’Italia, as riders are sprinting towards positions in full gas through the narrow streets of Tel Aviv, with thousands gathering around to observe such a spectacle for the first time. The first and only time a big tour such as the Giro d’Italia occurred in Israel. Exciting times!”
Nathan Schneeberger @snowymountainphotography: “A videographer hides in the steel structure as the Women’s peloton crosses Steamboat Slough near Courtland, CA during the 2018 Amgen Tour of California. I was struck by the the contrast between green water and yellow steel, and the perpendicular flows of water beneath the bridge and riders above.”
David Gibson @davidgibsonphotography: “A pensive looking Jon Dibben of Team Sky prepares for the days stage. Taken at the start of the Route De Occitanie where access to the riders is so much more relaxed that the big tours.”
Gavin Gould @gvngld: “Pim Ronhaar, exhausted and disappointed with 6th place, collapses against a wall after the finish line. UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Valkenburg, Netherlands; February 3, 2018.”
h.a.photo: “Gulnaz Badykova and Maria Novolodskaya of Team Russia are fighting in the women’s Madison race at Tissot UCI Track World Cup in Berlin 2018.”
Gert-jan Warrink @gwarrink: “Team Waow Deals during stage 3b (team time trial) of the 2018 Healthy Ageing Tour. In perfect harmony, in perfect sync, that’s what a team time trail is about.”
The SmartPhone / Action Cam category refers to still photos taken on devices such as iPhones, Android, Windows Mobile, etc, as well as still photos from devices such as GoPro, Shimano Sports Cam, Garmin VIRB, and drones.
Yves Covi @steiner_colnago: “A new world – Alp Scheidegg – heavy climbing needed before conquering the sea of fog and enjoying breath-taking scenery from above! 26 November 2018, Alp Scheidegg, Switzerland.”
David Willsher @thegoldcoastcyclist: “Bike and beach. Ride and chill.”
Graeme Langhorne @graemelanghorne: “”Sky train on the Roselend.’Cormet de Roselend. Critérium du Dauphiné. June.”
Matthew Stevenson @mattwstevenson: “Looking at all my favourite rides and switchbacks of 2018 – this one take the top spot! Sunset on the passo Stelvio with empty roads late into the summers evening – bliss, serenity, perfect balance, surfing tarmac ribbons.”
Pete Canny @_elcamino: “Pinning on a number. It’s always to good to finish a race in wet conditions upright. Despite the rain stopping before this race around Latrobe Uni there were still wet roads, slippery painted lines and fire engines responding to a fire to contend with. All whilst trying to be first over the line.”
Jose Ricardo Estudante @ricardo_estudante: “Road Therapy! 2 weeks and half without bike because of a bad cold! luckily my body is crazy the me, and we went for a bike a ride, with lots of rain, wind, cold… Therapy!”
Sophie Gateau @sofigato: “The art of carrying melons on a road bike.
This week we had more fantastic images for the Proud Cycling Moment category, showcasing some of the images here featuring the little ones and the impact they have on us.
Nicolas Abad @nicoabad: “September rainy morning didn’t stop beginners from competing.”
Scott Thor @scottthor: “I had a really tough ride; hot, windy, hungry, mentally not in to it. That all melted away when I turned on to my street and my son was out riding his bike, waiting for me to come home.”
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