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2013 Photo Competition: Week 1 Results

By Erin Greene | 15 Nov, 2013
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The first week of the annual photo competition kicked off in style with a nice battle between photo ninja Delly Carr’s shot of Javier Gomez hungrily attacking the tough course in Auckland and his priceless capture of one creative cheering squad. True to form this year, the World Champion came out on top, just edging out a bit of lube-alicious advice from the crowd with 29% of the votes.

In the winning photo, Gomez’ focus is straight ahead as he rises out of his saddle and charges up the hill. His taught form, slack jaw and narrowed attention suggested he was there to do business. And that he did. Gomez won the race by 12 seconds, to start his season exactly as it would eventually wrap up - on top.

Gomez Attacks

Mr. Carr himself, had this to say of the photo, for which he captured using his beloved Nikon D4 camera at300mm f2.8lens, 1/800sec f2.8 ISO 1600, “When the tip of the peloton arrowhead is lead by the sharpest athlete of the year, it makes for a picture with a greater story to tell.”

As for the second most popular photo, well, we don’t think that one needs explaining…

Auckland Cheerleaders

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Results: Elite Men
1. Javier Gomez Noya ESP 01:54:13
2. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 01:54:33
3. Aaron Royle AUS 01:55:49
4. Dan Wilson AUS 01:55:52
5. Ryan Bailie AUS 01:55:59
6. Ryan Sissons NZL 01:56:23
7. Vincent Luis FRA 01:56:30
8. Mario Mola ESP 01:56:36
9. Richard Varga SVK 01:56:37
10. Gregor Buchholz GER 01:56:39
Results: Elite Women
1. Jodie Stimpson GBR 02:08:34
2. Anne Haug GER 02:08:59
3. Helen Jenkins GBR 02:09:10
4. Sarah-Anne Brault CAN 02:09:15
5. Sarah True USA 02:09:20
6. Andrea Hansen NZL 02:09:21
7. Emma Moffatt AUS 02:09:35
8. Barbara Riveros CHI 02:09:53
9. Alice Betto ITA 02:10:05
10. Rachel Klamer NED 02:10:22