Flow

Hello. Just wanted to share some of my shots from the 2015 World Track Cycling Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
Here are some selected selections from the album of 150 pics on Flickr.

German Men's Team Pursuit;

Martha Bayona leads out Juliana Gaviria, of Colombia, in the Women’s Team Sprint qualifying round;

Daria Shmeleva of Russia blasts out the gate, with some encouragement from her coach, in the Women’s Team Sprint finals;

Sam Webster in front of Edward Dawkins, of New Zealand, during the qualifying for the Men’s Team Sprint;

Kelly Druyts of Belgium in the Women’s Points race;

Minami Uwano of Japan, who went on to take silver in the Women’s Points race;

Francois Pervis of France leading out of the final turn before crossing the line and taking the gold and world title in the Men’s Keirin;

Ishii Takako of Japan, Women's Sprint-Qualifying

Viktor Manakov of Russia during the Scratch Race, Men's Omnium;

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Anastasia Voynova of Russia in the Women's Sprint 1/16 finals;

Inna Metalnykova of the Ukraine. Her bike is a Drag Bluebird. Women's Individual Pursuit qualifying;

Francois Pervis(FRA) celebrating his gold and world title in the Men's 1km Time Trial

Kristina Vogel(GER) beats Anastasia Voynova(RUS) by 0.008 seconds during the Women's Sprint quarterfinal

Gregory Bauge of France getting set for the Sprint 1/16 finals;

Anna Knauer of Germany doing the Individual Pursuit during the Women's Omnium;

Edward Dawkins(NZL), about to race against Peter Lewis(AUS) & Sam Webster(NZL), who are visible in the reflection of the visor, during the 1/8 repechages of the Men's Sprint;

Kristina Vogel of Germany during the Women's Sprint semifinals;

Tianshi Zhong, of China, before the last run of the Women's Sprint semifinal against Kristina Vogel;

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Kristina Vogel(GER) after winning gold and the world title in the Women's Sprint;

Francois Pervis keeps an eye on Gregory Bauge during the Men's Sprint quarterfinals;

Racquel Sheath of New Zealand doing the Flying Lap in the Women's Omnium;

Jolien D'hoore of Belgium doing the Flying Lap in the Women's Omnium;

Points Race during the Women's Omnium;

Anna Meares won gold and the world title in the Women's Keirin race;

Weimar Alfonso Roldan Ortiz & Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal of Colombia, during the Madison race;

Marco Villa & Elia Viviani of Italy, during the Madison race;

Winners of the gold & Madison world title, Morgan Kneisky & Bryan Coquard of France;

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Jeffrey Hoogland(NED) is seen reflected in Quentin Lafargue's(FRA) visor, during the run off for bronze in the Men's Sprint final;

Gregory Bauge celebrating his 5th gold in Men's Sprints;

Kevin Sireau getting a kiss from one of Gregory Bauge's crew. Also in the shot are Quentin Lafargue & Francois Pervis. We stayed in our section where all the friends and family of the French team moved to after the races, so when the staff kicked out all the spectators, we were buffered by all of them and stayed late;

All of the winning French team posing for shots;

carleton

Wow. These are really, REALLY good!

Thanks for sharing!

Dalai

Thanks for posting Flow!

myth001

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.

rensho3

These are some of the best track pics I have ever seen! Congrats on a great job! Thanks for sharing here.

carleton

Seriously.

I used to be a pro sports photographer (NFL, MLB, NCAA). This photo would/should run HUGE in a newspaper or a magazine:

Flow

Thanks a lot. I got seats in the best section, and arrived early to secure the best spot. I got the shots I set out to get; visor reflection on the start line, passing/blurry background, etc. But got some other shots too; visor reflection as the sprint riders pass, celebratory shots, etc. It was a great experience.

FPC

awesome pics
thanks for sharing

Hida Yanra

that's spectacular - thank you!

700wheel

Great pics - what camera are you using - my attempts with a point and shoot are disappointing and I need to buy a better camera.

carleton

Remember: The image is made via the lens, not the camera body.

I've always said that a $100 lens mated with a $1,000 body will produce a crappy photo and a $1,000 lens mated with a $100 body will make a great photo.

I had baseball magazine covers with a 2.7 megapixel Nikon D1H back in the early 2000s. The key was that I was using $3,500 Nikon 300mm F2.8 lens

That camera is worth about $200 now. That same lens is still over $3,000