A collection of images inspired by the Tour de France 2013 and the first win for Chris Froome. A fantastic display from him and his team throughout – A great achievement.
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All images copyright Maxine Dodd
Sky head for the Coll de la Madelaine
Craggy rocks and tumbling streams
Cavendish crosses the line!
Omega Pharma Quickstep
Garmin Sharp
Impossible road
Greipel wins!
Movistar team head for the hill
Riding to Paris
Coastal roads
Lovely ladies!
Quintana wins the stage!
Filming the start, Montpellier
FDJ
Les gorges de la Méouge
Rollout together
Stage 9 Descent
Collapsed but happy, Tony Martin
Falling
Heads down for the Mountains
Converging lines
Chatting on the way to Paris
Greipel and Cavendish
Push for the line!
Warm streets
Riblon powers past!
Annecy, the road by the lake
Leaving Aix
Carving through the rocks
Lyon
Riding towards the Tower
Simon rides hard
Through the fans to the top
Peloton comes by
Versailles
Gorges rising
David looks down in Marseilles
Victory at Mont Ventoux
Crossing the lake
Rui Costa wins!
Breakaway by the river
A very long Peloton!
Coming up the hill
Contador breaks away
Shirts on the line
Dan Martin crosses the line
Stage 12 – Roll out
Sky
Ascent
Close to the fans
Following the Peloton
Relaxed at the start
Lunchtime
Crossing the sprint line together
Awful crash
Well-wishers by the wheat
Annecy, the start
Heads down for the win
Froome breaks away
Win for Riblon!
So many people!
Cool greens
Marcel Kittel takes the stage
Sagan wins!
SOLD – Lollipop Trees
Jean-Christophe Peraud
At the start
Clouds rolling in
Chris Froome, stormin’
Riding by Joan
Purple cascade
Voigt grits his teeth as the leaders descend
Rolland braves the rain
Chris Froome strong off the mark
Stage 2
Matteo Trentin wins
Rooftops and sunshades
Nairo Quintana, Movistar
Through the trees and the flags!
Départ réel
Chris Froome
Team Cannondale
Road from above
Andy Schleck
Froome in yellow, in pursuit!
Up the hill from the sea
Dan Martin breaks away
Great, big flag!
Photo Finish!
Patchwork vineyards
Va, Va, Froome!
Tour comes to Mont St Michel
Sagan takes the sprint
Quick snap!
Heading of for Mont Ventoux
Patrouille de France
Madness!
Sprint
Start at Tours
Stage 6 Sprint
Over the bridge to win
Descent
And the rain came down!
Sky team bear down
Coursing through La Balagne
Sky win!
Sunshade
Les Baux de Provence
© All images copyright Maxine Dodd, 2015
