Vintage professional racing photos thread
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This thread is great...keep the photos coming!
Best, Ben
Best, Ben
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Seriously under-appreciated thread. OP has quite an eye for carnage and for cheesecake. Some of the pics are just too much, like this one:
You can see the fluids knocked right out of his head, and practically hear and feel the impact. Some nut just ran out onto the track? Wow!
So many of these pics require some sort of explanation. They need to be made into a coffee table book of some kind.
You can see the fluids knocked right out of his head, and practically hear and feel the impact. Some nut just ran out onto the track? Wow!
So many of these pics require some sort of explanation. They need to be made into a coffee table book of some kind.
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These Pictures are Fantastic, keep them coming.
For those Photographers that were not credited for their photos, Let it be known that your Work ,although not noted or compensated, is Greatly Appreciated by all.
For those Photographers that were not credited for their photos, Let it be known that your Work ,although not noted or compensated, is Greatly Appreciated by all.
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Photos compliments Mr. Ted Ernst
Spring 1959. Nüernberg, Germany. Motorpace training camp. 400m cement track.
1952 amateur road race. Winnipeg, Manitoba to Kenora, Ontario - ~150mi. Ted on right side of pic w/ beret + sunglasses
1959, Amsterdam at Zaandvort track. Road race World Championship. Ted Ernst, center right, with his Dutch trainer, center left.
1959, Zürich, Switzerland. Oerlikon indoor track. Pacing race speed ~+/-50mph.
Spring 1959. Nüernberg, Germany. Motorpace training camp. 400m cement track.
1952 amateur road race. Winnipeg, Manitoba to Kenora, Ontario - ~150mi. Ted on right side of pic w/ beret + sunglasses
1959, Amsterdam at Zaandvort track. Road race World Championship. Ted Ernst, center right, with his Dutch trainer, center left.
1959, Zürich, Switzerland. Oerlikon indoor track. Pacing race speed ~+/-50mph.
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Adolf Christian of Austria, early 1960s, on a Capo Sieger (of course
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Seriously under-appreciated thread. OP has quite an eye for carnage and for cheesecake. Some of the pics are just too much, like this one:
You can see the fluids knocked right out of his head, and practically hear and feel the impact. Some nut just ran out onto the track? Wow!
So many of these pics require some sort of explanation. They need to be made into a coffee table book of some kind.
You can see the fluids knocked right out of his head, and practically hear and feel the impact. Some nut just ran out onto the track? Wow!
So many of these pics require some sort of explanation. They need to be made into a coffee table book of some kind.
I recall reading that this was a race official, not a random bozo. It is the last stage of the TdF when it still finished at the Parc du Princes velodrome. The official stepped one little bit too far out and got smacked by Andre Darrigade. Unfortunately, it was the last mistake the official made - he did not survive. Darrigade did, and there is a photo of him very soon thereafter, head swathed in bandages, back at the track to congratulate the yellow jersey winner (Louison Bobet, if memory serves).
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1896 - Eddie "Cannon" Bald .. Professional cyclist seen here riding his Barnes "White Flyer". Raced from 1892 - 1903 then raced cars after retirement. Regarded as Buffalo's greatest ever cyclist.
Nicknamed "The Cannon" because he stayed in the pack until the final finish where he shot out of the pack and nobody could catch him. They say he shot out of the pack like a cannon ball..!!!
Nicknamed "The Cannon" because he stayed in the pack until the final finish where he shot out of the pack and nobody could catch him. They say he shot out of the pack like a cannon ball..!!!
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Several albums of Pro racer photos
Here are some Pro racing photo albums I have:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZCTcvGNbnMMf2n3A
https://goo.gl/photos/3CS9tEKLP1qw7fKe9
https://goo.gl/photos/9xwohmKLiMELEkUv6
https://goo.gl/photos/nQ3zWfFTfUdN7zVA7
https://goo.gl/photos/ZwjWfwkkgh1F7ViB7
I (Jim Merz) took the first set of photos, the others are by the late Bill Woodul.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZCTcvGNbnMMf2n3A
https://goo.gl/photos/3CS9tEKLP1qw7fKe9
https://goo.gl/photos/9xwohmKLiMELEkUv6
https://goo.gl/photos/nQ3zWfFTfUdN7zVA7
https://goo.gl/photos/ZwjWfwkkgh1F7ViB7
I (Jim Merz) took the first set of photos, the others are by the late Bill Woodul.
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Here are some Pro racing photo albums I have:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZCTcvGNbnMMf2n3A
https://goo.gl/photos/3CS9tEKLP1qw7fKe9
https://goo.gl/photos/9xwohmKLiMELEkUv6
https://goo.gl/photos/nQ3zWfFTfUdN7zVA7
https://goo.gl/photos/ZwjWfwkkgh1F7ViB7
I (Jim Merz) took the first set of photos, the others are by the late Bill Woodul.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZCTcvGNbnMMf2n3A
https://goo.gl/photos/3CS9tEKLP1qw7fKe9
https://goo.gl/photos/9xwohmKLiMELEkUv6
https://goo.gl/photos/nQ3zWfFTfUdN7zVA7
https://goo.gl/photos/ZwjWfwkkgh1F7ViB7
I (Jim Merz) took the first set of photos, the others are by the late Bill Woodul.
I especially liked the shot of Walter Godefroot, a true Flemish hard man, with his left leg looking like hamburger from yesterday's crash, routinely signing an autograph like it's just another day at the office . (The intact shorts say it wasn't from today's crash.)
Come to think of it, as tough as he was, it probably was just another day at the office.
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Vintage Giro....I wish these were larger.
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Giro 1931-40
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1920s NZ road race . Timaru to Christchurch
They are drinking a cup of milk ? !
They are drinking a cup of milk ? !
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Two of my all-time favorites. If I didn't post these earlier, I should have. If I did post them earlier, they are worth a repeat.
Coppi and Bartali. Note the different drivetrains. I believe this is from the 1949 TdF, but I'm only about 85% sure of that. If it isn't 1949, then it has to be 1952.
Anquetil and Poulidor, Puy du Dome, 1964 TdF.
Coppi and Bartali. Note the different drivetrains. I believe this is from the 1949 TdF, but I'm only about 85% sure of that. If it isn't 1949, then it has to be 1952.
Anquetil and Poulidor, Puy du Dome, 1964 TdF.
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