Tour of Britain

Posted on June 12, 2020

See a collection of Tour of Britain – for full description, see the blog posts

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Tour de France 2019

Posted on June 27, 2019

Here are images from this year’s Tour de France – grouped by stage number. Scroll down to see them all, and click on an image to see its full details. If you see a picture you like, click here for purchase enquiry ❤️

Stage 21 – Think he might just be from Oz!

Stage 21 – Still so many! People and bikes!

Stage 21 – Congratulations!

Stage 20 – From one champ to another!

Stage 20 – Nibali crosses the line!

Stage 20 – Resilient riding, but it was not to be.

Stage 20 – Everyone’s cracking up!

Stage 20 – Jumbo Visma

Stage 19 – Time to stop!

Stage 19 – A huge, sweeping descent for Alaphilippe!

Stage 19 – Bernal breaks away

Stage 19 – Crazy curves!

Stage 19 – Crazy gradients!

Stage 19 – Golden descent

Stage 19 – Coming into town

Stage 19 – Hard going

Stage 19 – Heartbreaking

Stage 18 – Départ réel – Along peloton

Stage 18 – Weird earth

Stage 18 – All over the Col du Izouard

Stage 18 – Colombians out for Quintana!

Stage 18 – Yellow Jersey group, flying descent!

Stage 18 – Wheel to wheel for the descent!

Stage 18 – Bardet takes a beautiful line!

Stage 18 – Brilliant descent – Bernal!

Stage 18 – Super descent – Quintana!

Stage 16 – Extraordinary dash to the line – Ewan!

Stage 16 – Taking the bend

Stage 16 – Cool trees

Stage 16 – Crossing the line together

Stage 16 – Cooling off!

Stage 16 – 104km Melting!

Stage 15 – Looking back and relaxed, Simon Yates

Stage 15 – Crowds near the finish!

Stage 15 – 38.1 – Mountain mists

Stage 15 – 90.3 A long train to the mountains

Stage 15 – 172.2 – A very pretty avenue

Stage 14 – A phenomenal win for Pinot

Stage 14 – So many people on the Tourmalet

Stage 14 – Pinot forges ahead.

Stage 14 – Movistar at the front

Stage 14 – Good pasture and a polka dot windscreen

Stage 14 – Cooling down!

Stage 14 – Barquil takes on the Tourmalet

Stage 13 – Alaphilippe, The ride of a lifetime!

Stage 13 – Bernal-Gomez

Stage 13 – Rigoberto Uran

Stage13 – Dragon rider, Geraint!

Stage 13 – De Gendt flashes round to take the lead

Stage 13 – Traces of Wout van Aert

Stage 12 – Simon Yates – What a Win!

Stage 12 – Descent Trio

Stage 12 Descent -So Many People

Stage 12 – Everybody out to cheer

Stage 11 – So fast, so close!

Stage 11 – Last two in the break

Stage 11 – Go that way

Stage 11 – Sunflowers, 160km

Stage 11 – Hail the sunflowers

Stage 11 – Ineos lead

Stage 10 So close! Van Aert to win!

Stage 10 – So many groups, all a bit of a blur!

Stage 10 View from the back in the afternoon

Stage 10 Really Tight

Stage 10 – Breakaway, Fab Five, 213.4im

Stage 9- Impey takes the win!

Stage 9 – Great descent, 39.5km

Stage 9 – Jaune et Rouge

Stage 8 – A huge ride for De Gendt

Stage 8 – Pink and Blue descent

Stage 8 – Fifteen seconds between them but they look close!

Stage 8 – What a weather vane? We all want one!

Stage 7 – Quick sketch – breakaway duo

Stage 7 – Allez, allez!!! 37.2km

Stage 7 – A great win for Dylan!

Stage 7 – A long day! Peloton closing in, 29.7km

Stage 6 – Teuns & Ciccone – Drama!

Stage 6 – All the dots are out! Wellens hangs on

Stage 6 – Don’t mess with G!

Stage 6 – FDJ – Synchronized

Stage 6 – Big inflatable thing!

Stage 5 for Sagan – Monster!

Stage 5 – Lovely descending, 14.2km

Stage 5 – Reaching out to the sprint, 102.5km

Stage 4 – Michael Schär – study

Stage 4 – Flexing his muscles – Michael Schär

Stage 4 – Waiting to start

Stage 4 – Elia Viviani on the edge!

Stage 3-Studies around 136km

Stage 3 – Fast descent into Epernay, Ineos chase down

Stage 3-View from the back – 89.3km-ish

Stage 3 – Alaphilippe -Stage3

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Stage 2 – Jumbo Visma Jubilant!

Stage 2 – EF – Education First

Stage 2 – Royal blues and yellows

Stage 2 – Ineos – Attention!

Stage 1 – Breakaway to the bright green tree

Stage 1 – Battle for the line! Teunissen beats Sagan

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Tour de France 2018

Posted on November 6, 2018

A selection of images from the Tour de France 2018 – an incredible journey as ever

Tour de France 18, Stage 9 – Cobbles!

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Picnic – Sunflowers, 92.3km

Stage 15 – Carcassonne, pink rooftops and green trees

Short Shadows – 149.3km

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Sylvain Chavanel – Stage 2, 17.9km

Julian Alaphilippe, Study in blue, black and yellow

Stage 11 – Getting close… Thomas and Froome,

Stage 11, Leaving Albertville

Look at all the people!

Tour de France 2018 – Départ réel

Stage 10 – Coming down the mountain

Stage 16 – Heading for the High Pyrenees

BMC – Red and grey

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Mitchelton-SCOTT – possibly!

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Tour de France 2017

Posted on July 2, 2018

A collection of images inspired by the Tour de France 2017. Some great memories – Cavendish and Sagan, Warren Barguil and all the colour and life, as ever!

Heading for La Planche des Belles Filles

Brollies! Stage 1 – Düsseldorf,

Magic men! Phinney and Offredo

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Blues, reds and Yellow!

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Brilliant Barguil!

Beautiful blue skies and bunting!

Shady sprint, Stage 7

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Tour de France 2016

Posted on January 8, 2017

Some of the images from the Tour de France 2016. Another amazing race so much to look back on, even the Yellow Jersey running up the mountain! See the blog for the race stage by stage..

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Everyone on the mountain!

Tearing round the bend,

Chris Froome smashes it!

Chris Froome sets out, £250

Descent!

Froome wants everything today!

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Orange! – Dutch corner

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Making adjustments!

Thank you!

The last climb!

Greipel wins!

Who is it that rides like that and pedals from that position?

All yellow for Chris!

Cavendish – Head down for No.28,

A well-earned beer!

All images copyright Maxine Dodd

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Rugby 6 Nations

Posted on June 30, 2016

Six Nations rugby is the end of winter, start of spring for me. I love the tangle of arms and legs, the fast runs, the colours, mud and occasional glimpse of the ball! This is a few of the images, see the blog for more…

Wales v Ireland, pushing on

Wales v England

Scotland v Italy, sketch 1

Scotland try!

Six Nations: Lovely kick! Italy v Scotland,

Ireland v England, sketch 2

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France v Wales Sketch 1

Six Nations: Scotland v England,

Ireland v England, sketch 8, Cian Healy try

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France v Wales, Sketch 3

Wales: Standing strong

Kick the ball away!

French sleeves

Six Nations: England v Ireland

Ireland v England, sketch 1

Ireland v England, sketch 6

Break away!

Wales vs England: Tackle that man!

Knock on advantage – Ireland v England

Tumult

Opening salvos

Wales v Ireland – abstract

Ireland v England, sketch 4

Wales v Ireland, Red sky

France v Wales Sketch 8 x 8in Watercolour, pen and ink

Tebaldi

Italy v Wales (2017) Crunch time! Getting stuck in!

England v Scotland – Storming

Scotland v Italy, sketch 2

Ireland v England, sketch 7

Italy v France – Felix

Six Nations: Wales v France

Six Nations: Wales v Scotland

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Tackle

Ireland v England, sketch 3

Six Nations – England vs Wales, Pushing on

Six Nations – England vs Wales, Caught by Itoje,

Six Nations – England vs Wales

Six Nations: Opening moves, Wales v France

Big red boot

Six Nations 2019 – Italy v Wales

Ireland v England, sketch 5

Six Nations 2019 – Italy v Wales

Wales v England – Quick breath

England v Scotland – Pause

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Tour de France 2015

Posted on December 23, 2015

A collection of paintings inspired by the Tour de France 2015 and the second win for Chris Froome – another ‘first’ for a British rider – incredible achievement – See the blog for the race stage by stage…

Historic day, Daniel Teklehaimanot

Flags, pennants, rain, Stage 5

Even the yachts are joining in!

Ready for the Pavés,

Group descent

Fans line the streets

Cycling art, Tour de France, Watercolour painting Bringing their man home, by Maxine Dodd

Bringing their man home – SOLD

Here they come!

Flags, fields, people, pavés, dust and bikes!

Second for Sagan; First for Van Avermaet

Shall we have a breakaway of sprinters? C’mon!

Greipel wins!

Stage 2, In the rain

Tight unit, Team Sky

A sharp turn…

Froomey dances to victory!

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Kwiatkowski, Elements being thrown everywhere and everyone,

Team Sky riding to victory, Stage 21,

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Windmill on the route

Fans by the wayside

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Tour de France 2014

Posted on August 15, 2014

A collection of paintings inspired by the Tour de France 2014, including Stage 1 in lovely Yorkshire! Also the year when just about everyone expected to win, fell over or dropped out but a triumph for Vincenzo Nibali – a great victory for him. See the blog for the race stage by stage…

Across the line

Pushing forward

Poor visibility

Astana boys

Bardet goes for it!

Team Astana descent

Clairvaux-les-Lacs

Yellow bike of Yorkshire

Snaking road

Close to Yellow

Omega boys

Stage 3, Essex

Tour de Horse!

Farewell

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Stage 3, Cambridgshire,

Wind in his coat tails, Rafal Majka

Flying over lovely Paris!,

Arrows in the air

The wheatfields of Essex

Oblivious!

Wet, wet, wet!

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Racing

Posted on January 22, 2014

Thundering hooves, colour and drama…

To the next jump!

Faller at the 3rd to last

Melling Steeple Chase,

SOLD – Start of the race – Gold Cup

Grey shades

Treve

Kicking up!

Frankel – SOLD

Close on the bend

Simonsig digs deep to hold off Baley Green

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Tour de France 2013

Posted on June 30, 2013

Some of the images from the Tour de France 2013 and the first win for Chris Froome – See the blog for the race stage by stage …

So many people!

And the rain came down!

Quick snap!

Crossing the sprint line together

Movistar team head for the hill

Tour comes to Mont St Michel

Annecy, the road by the lake

Collapsed but happy, Tony Martin

Coursing through La Balagne

Marcel Kittel takes the stage

Sagan takes the sprint

Cool greens

Annecy, the start

Well-wishers by the wheat

Peloton comes by

Sprint

Stage 6 Sprint

Voigt grits his teeth as the leaders descend

Shirts on the line

Patrouille de France

Heading of for Mont Ventoux

SOLD – Lollipop Trees

Les Baux de Provence

Andy Schleck

Crossing the lake

Start at Tours

Chatting on the way to Paris

Jean-Christophe Peraud

Following the Peloton

Breakaway by the river

Carving through the rocks

Push for the line!

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Tour de France 2012

Posted on August 1, 2012

Here is a selection of images from the year that Bradley won – see the TDF 2012 Blog for the race stage by stage …

Brad waits..

Looking ahead

The very long and very winding road,

Yellow jersey waits,

The cows welcome the peloton

Cadel ready to start,

Sunflowers

BMC rally round Cadel

Turning into a shady road,

The long road

Peloton comes over the hill to a field of sunflowers,

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Music and Dance

Posted on May 22, 2012

I love live music! To watch orchestras, bands and soloists – all inspiring and offer endless challenges to capture their actions as they play. Likewise, dancers with their beautiful fluid lines… perfect!