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Two weeks into the 2024 Mark Gunter Photo Awards and we’ve already been blown away by the quality of this year’s field. There’s been a little something for everyone – dramatic landscapes, human tales, gorgeous composition, vibrant colours and austere black and white.
The awards are an annual highlight of our editorial calendar, and are now in their ninth year. They were established back at CyclingTips in collaboration with Leeanne Gatien, the wife of Mark Gunter – a much beloved Australian cycling photographer who tragically passed away in 2015 from oesophageal cancer. Each year since, the awards have raised thousands of dollars for cancer research through Tour de Cure, while showcasing the best in the field that was both a profession and a passion for Mark.
If you’ve got some pictures that reflect the beauty and passion of cycling, it’s not too late to get involved. In the Professional category, photographers are competing for one of cycling photography’s most prestigious honours, and in the Amateur category there are great prizes available from our friends at Velocio.
Entries are open until midnight January 6 (ADST), at which point our panel of esteemed judges will get to work on the hard task of deciding the 2024 Mark Gunter Photographers of the Year.
There is no favourable wind for one who does not know where he’s going.| Photo by Paolo Martelli @paolopennimartelli |In the Zuricrit race, the riders were riding at high speed in the final metres when the chequered flag was already waved. | Photo byAlessia Sträuli @alessiastraeuli |Downhill World Championships, Andorra. | Photo by Aleksandra Sulikowska @olasulikowska1 |Stage 20 Vuelta a España 2024: The group of favourites pass through the mountains of Cantabria, specifically Portillo de la Lunada. | Photo byAritz Arambarri Goenaga @ziklix_photo |Mathieu van der Poel leads the train of riders at the front of the UCI World Championship gravel race in Leuven. The course featured gravel, farm tracks, cobblestones and even a section that took them through the Belgian town’s railway station. It was a brilliant route and race celebrating gravel racing in and out of a suburban environment. | Photo by Simon Gill @simongillphoto |During a Portuguese Cyclocross race, riders had to tackle a steep incline, climbing out of the shadows into the sunlight with their bikes in hand—the only seemingly possible way to make it to the top. | Photo by Hugo Pereira @hugopereira_x |An emotional John Degenkolb seeing his kids at the Paris Roubaix velodrome. | Photo by Gareth Quinn @mightyquinnphotos |Tour de France Femmes avec ZWIFT, stage 7 in Le Grand Bornand. The little fan was cheering very hard every single riders. | Photo by Gaëtan Flamme @gaetan_sportpic|With the help of a mirror, I captured this shot of Samuel Niyonkuru (Rwanda) above Zurich during the last World Championships. After the events of that sad day, this photo holds an emotional significance. | Photo by Xavier Pereyron @xavier.pereyron |Two of my favourite sports in the same photo. I will say I have never seen a cricket match and a bike race in the same photo. Here taken at Ryedale on the last race to be held here. | Photo by Gary Main @garymainphotographer |
Amateur category
Fans | Photo byDavid Andres Zels @davidandresphotography |Among all the riders that were having coffee and mentally preparing for the Athens Twilight Crit, I noticed this child that was observing the UTC/Butcherbox team that was preparing to head back out on their warmup ride. It made me smile because there is so much more to cycling, and the experience of riding to a coffee shop with friends, and enjoying cycling culture is just as important as riding or racing. | Photo by Michael Smith @mikeyplaysbass |Remco Evenepoel flying up the climb in Meilen, Switzerland on his way to winning the Individual Time Trial title at the 2024 World Championship. | Photo by Josh Wheeler @jowsportsmedia |Dutch Cyclocross championship in the mud, but still stylish with some almost clean red cycling shoes. | Photo by Marco Loman @lomanmarco |My cycling club the Crawley Wheelers hosted a social event ‘Crank it Up!’ at a local bike cafe The Archive in November. Competitors raced three at a time on Wahoo Kickers against the clock on a short course on Zwift, with the top three men and women then racing again in a final to split the spoils. I knew the lighting was unlikely to be great, so I took my flash played around with slow shutter speeds, and this was one of my favourites. This shot captures Ella from the Crawley Wheelers being cheered on by her club mates. It was a brilliant evening full of atmosphere and madness. For me it celebrates everything that’s great about being part of a local club. | Photo by Simon Edwards @simon_edwards_studio |Sometimes the most interesting shapes and angles are found on the route you’ve climbed a thousand times. Taken in North Vancouver, British Columbia on the unceded indigenous lands of the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations. | Photo by Alec Suriyuth @alecsuriyuth |Solo bikepacking in the Icelandic landscapes is a good way to reflect, think and feel small. Sometimes even the landscape itself is reflecting that mood. | Photo by Federico Damiani @damianifed |I didn’t really plan to shoot at the London 3 Day, my day was focussed all around introducing my little one to Track Racing, but I couldn’t help but take a few shots… It became very clear very quickly that I wouldn’t be getting any epic racing shots from where I was sat, but I noticed that I could have a lot of fun with the reflections in the glass. I love the way this image of Roger Kluge almost looks like a double exposure. | Photo by Alex Rout @agr9 |Mathieu Van der Poel on his way to win his 3rd Ronde [taken during the 2024 Ronde Van Vlaanderen]. | Photo by Nicolas Sanson @aeronico |Bike-packer surveys the grandeur of the Pyrenees high above the clouds on the Col d’Aubisque, France.| Photo by Thomas Materman @pedal.pixel |
