A crit, or criterium, is a type of bike race held on a short course often run on closed-off city centre streets. In this case it was a one mile course in the heart of downtown Rochester, NY, where I am visiting. The killer was, that it started raining in the middle of the race, making things really treacherous for the riders. There is a three day cycling event called the Rochester Omnium this weekend. The races are for both professional and amateur riders, which this group is. I love that the rain adds so much more to the photograph with the spray in the faces of some of the riders in the back. Please click on the photo to see more detail in the larger version.
Wow, that's an incredible photograph! You'd never know these weren't Olympic cyclists. (Well...YOU'D know I suppose...). Such detail in their expressions, and to capture the water spraying, too. Amazing.
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ReplyDeleteGreat photograph!