Written by: Chris Wallis
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

the prospect of europes highest road mountain pass must be daunting for the riders but exicting from a photographic perspective.

Setting off from my loverly hotel in Spigno Monferrato i set off towards cuneo for the start. A baking hot day in the mountains lie ahead as by mid morning the blue sky was clear of clouds.

Because of the few roads around the area the race route was the only choice and given i was heading for the final climb of the day, the Col Bonnette de Roseland i drove the entire race course.

Starting the long acent of the final climb i kept my eyes open for a place firstly to park and then to take some shots. I ended up passing through the final 5km and ove the top of the climb. It was in my mind to take some shots of decending so as i was walking back up from where i had dumped the car i looked at the corners.

I decied to shot the leaders as the came over the top and the decent was very steep and meant taking anything on the way was gong to be touch and go. I got some great shots over the top and then headed back towards the car and the corner i had seen and was rewarded with some nice shots of them coming down, althought the hit ratio was quite low i deleted quite a few pics from today

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