John Thomson’s 2025 Strade Bianche Photo Gallery: Our photographer friend, John Thomson, has been very busy putting together a very special Strade Bianche photo gallery covering a wide selection of subjects…. Not just the dusty roads of Siena!
*** You can see more of John Thomson’s photo galleries HERE. ***
John Thomson: “This is my “Speciale La Dolce Vita – Strade Bianche 2025″ photo gallery. Including shots from the men’s and women’s races from the Le Tolfe climb. Also some Italian flavour with Fellini, the paparazzi, Florence and Siena sights, art works and wine, with a bit of la dolce vita street style fashion from Paris Fashion Week. And some rider news.”
A picture of the Great One says it all. Tadej Pogačar wins Strade Bianche
Tadej and Demi in the pink pages
A fantastic race for Tom Pidcock. Matt Stephens called it “gladiatorial”
“La Dolce Vita” (1960) un film de Federico Fellini. The origin of the word “paparazzi” comes from the name of a character in the film
Shell glamour in Paris
A great podium finish for Tim Wellens at Strade Bianche
Love Siena
Demi Vollering got a brilliant win at the Strade Bianche Donne
Famke for Loewe at Château de Vincennes
Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini battled a bit of sickness on the white roads
Obligatory photo of a classic Fiat 500 in Tuscany
Off the shoulder glam at Place de la Concorde
Tadej was a rising star in 2019
All the secrets of the paparazzi in American Photo magazine from 1992
Paparazzi at Celine at PFW
Jackie and Frank caught by the paparazzi on the cover of a vintage magazine
Night glam at PFW
Mauri Vansevenant on Le Tolfe
Leonie Hanne in brights at PFW
He does well riding off road. Connor Swift had a top Strade
Siena fine art photographer Carlo Carletti with his great photo of the Palio di Siena horse race. Like a Gruber Strade photo but with horsies
Michael Valgren got a brilliant 8th but is unfortunately out for the start of the Spring Classics. Here with Wellens and Adrià
Nobody does action and artistry like Ashley and Jered Gruber. Here kindly posing for a big fan after the race
Wet or dusty, the Strade Bianche is always epic. Pierre Latour with rim brakes and unraveling bar tape in 2018
Guido Reni’s “The Young Bacchus” (1615-1620), the Roman god of wine at Palazzo Pitti in Florence
Tuscan wine glamour shot in Siena
Arjen Livyns battled to the finish after a crash
Dior glam
Mikel Landa just missed the top ten with a great ride
The Royal and Imperial Apartments at the Pitti Palace in Florence
Ben Healy just missed the podium after a great attacking race
White eyes and black outfit at PFW
At eighteen, Albert Withen Philipsen was the youngest ever starter at the Strade Bianche and finished in the top 25
View from the Vasari Corridor. A secret passageway designed by Giorgio Vasari, built for the Medici family and crossing the Arno River, specifically over the Ponte Vecchio, allowing passage between the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti in Florence
He does very well on gravel. Gianni Vermeersch had a top ride for 7th
Nina Ricci glam at PFW
Jered Gruber shooting on Le Tolfe
Caroline Daur at Paris Fashion Week
Pello Bilbao got a brilliant 5th at Strade
Karyna for Loewe at the Château de Vincennes
The young super talent Isaac del Toro
Piazza del Campo
Anna van der Breggen had a great battle with Demi
Anna winning Strade Bianche Donne in 2018
Elizabeth Debicki at Dior
Tom leading Tadej on the first time up Le Tolfe
A picture taken on the day before the race. A foregone conclusion?
Nicky and Paris Hilton at Zimmermann in Paris
Puck Pieterse got an excellent 7th place finish
Chanel glam at the Palais-Royal
Tom following Pogi on the second time up Le Tolfe
A tough abandon for Santiago Buitrago in the brutal weather at Paris-Nice. Here in the Nice sun at the 2024 TDF time trial
A hard crash for Jonathan Milan in Tirreno-Adriatico. Here at Flanders in 2024
“Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” (2024) documentary on the flight home
“Between Friends/Entre Amis” was Canada’s gift to the United States on its bicentennial. Published in 1976
Foreword to the book
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