Lights

Tadej Pogačar throws his arms wide as he crosses the line to win stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France.

The endless cycle of champion and underdog begins anew

Mark Cavendish casts a sideways glance as he adjusts the winners medal around his neck on the podium of the Tour de France.

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Frank van den Broek and Romain Bardet cross the line as Bardet wins stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France. They're both smiling wide, shocked smiles and pointing at each other in pure joy. Behind, slightly blurred, a furious field finishes an unsuccessful chase.

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Tadej Pogačar being escorted through Pavia to the team presentation for Milan-San Remo 2024.

Dominance failed, hope lived

An Oracle F1 car races past a blurred grandstand at the 2023 United States Grand Prix. The perspective is tilted slightly to show the car heading uphill, and the grandstands behind are a kaleidoscopic whirl of color.

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Tadej Pogačar dips his head from the effort of his 80 km solo breakaway at the 2024 Strade Bianche. He's slightly backlit, the soft glow of a flash illuminating him against a dreamy pale blue sky with billowing white clouds. His bike and kit are filmed in a white coat from the gravel roads.

Tadej Pogačar and the called shot

Alison Jackson wins the 2023 Paris-Roubaix, sitting up in a shock-surprise victory salute. Abby Mickey's smiling face is badly photoshopped over Alison's.

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The Jumbo-Visma Tour de France squad at sign-in for a stage. The team is seen from the back, their images reflected in a compositional trick of framing by the photographer. They gaze out over a city with a clear blue sky above them.

The trouble with dominance

On the Tourmalet, the fog reveals as much as it conceals

Emma punches the air after winning a race

‘Pull like there’s no tomorrow’

A collision of interests

Keeping belief alive