Special photo gallery: As promised, after John Thomson’s first 2025 photo gallery round-up, here is part two of his selection of pics from his vast file of memories. As always, this is a very varied plethora of John’s views from the cycling and the fashion world.
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John Thomson: “This is Part Two of my 2025 End Of Year Photo Gallery. More chrono, cobbles, cross, couture and the Cannibal. And in celebration of his 80th year, some scans from my magazine collection of epic covers of Eddy Merckx at the Tour de France.”
A tough crash at the Giro but great end of season wins at the Chrono des Nations and Track World Championships for Josh Tarling. Here for Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European TT Championships
Superior Luis Ocaña winning the 1971 Grand Prix des Nations. Photo: L’Equipe Cyclisme
Tadej Pogačar winning the 2024 Nice TT at the Tour de France
In 1955 Jacques Anquetil was indeed the best time trialist. Photo: Jean Jaffre/Miroir-Sprint
Julie De Wilde here at the 2025 UEC European TT Championships and winner of the 2025 GP Oetingen in Belgium
Pogi has a win in Paris-Roubaix on his to-do list
Rosalieke Fuchs for Lanvin
As of this writing we are eagerly awaiting his cross schedule. Wout on the Carrefour de l’Arbre at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix
Dylan Groenewegen will ride for Unibet Tietema Rockets in 2026. Here in Nice at the 2024 Tour de France
Valery Kaufman at Giambattista Valli
Rebecca Koerner for Denmark at the 2025 UEC European TT Championships
Lotte Kopecky had an epic win at Flanders and then battled with an injury later in the year. Here as World Champion at the Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2025
Meredith Duxbury at Mugler
The 2025 European Time Trial Championships in Guilherand-Granges
Beautiful Guilherand-Granges in the Ardèche department in southern France
Girl wearing her homemade cat mask in Guilherand-Granges
Multiple Canadian champion Alison Jackson will ride for the French team St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 in 2026. Here at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Devil’s coach horse beetle in a Paris gutter
French time trial champion Cédrine Kerbaol at the 2025 UEC European TT Championships
Rylea Beth at Elie Saab
Multiple team pursuit World Champion on the track for Denmark and 3rd here in the TT at the 2025 UEC European Championships. Niklas Larsen will ride for Unibet Tietema Rockets in 2026
Bruno Armirail got a top ten for France in the TT at the 2025 UEC European Championships and will ride for Visma-Lease a Bike in 2026
The protest at Palais de Tokyo during PFW was actually quite civilized. The protesters were singing songs and the riot police kept them moving along. Except for this one guy who ran around and made the police chase him. And I would like to thank him for this action shot
Mathieu riding with a puncture just before his bike change on the Carrefour de l’Arbre at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix
Raymond Poulidor got 2nd to Herman van Springel at the 1969 Grand Prix des Nations time trial. Photo: Miroir du Cyclisme
As of this writing we are eagerly awaiting the cross calendar of MvdP. But as of this writing, the TV crosses have been very exciting to watch
Sofi Damzina for Elie Saab
Matthias Schwarzbacher for UAE Team Emirates Gen Z riding to a 6th place finish at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix Espoirs
Matthias Schwarzbacher for Slovakia just missed the top ten at the 2025 U23 UEC European TT Championships
Alena Mills at Mugler
Olympic medals, World Championships and a Tour de France victory. A legend calls time on a great career. Geraint Thomas at the GP Quebec in 2016
Geraint Thomas at the Strade Bianche in 2019
Alesya for Weinsanto
Geraint Thomas with Marc Soler and the Welsh fans on Col d’Èze at the 2024 Tour de France TT in Nice
His final Tour de France in the beautiful Montmartre rain
Xiaorui Li for Akris
Arnaud Demare is calling time on a great pro career. Here as French champion at the 2018 Paris-Roubaix
And in the Montmartre rain for his final Tour de France in 2025 and the unfortunate end to the Arkéa-B&B Hotels team
Miu Miu glam at the Palais d’léna
Héctor Álvarez got a 7th place finish for Spain at the 2025 U23 UEC European TT Championships and rides for the Lidl-Trek Future Racing team
Not much cross riding lately for Quinten Hermans, but top rides on the road and gravel in 2025. And on to Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in 2026. Here at the Wasslandcross in 2019
Karyna Maziar for Rabanne
In honor of his 80th year, here are some scanned covers of the Cannibal at La Grande Boucle. Pictured here at the 1969 Tour on the cover of a 1970 TV guide
He won the 1970 Tour. Photo: L’Equipe Cyclisme
Another shot from 1970. Photo: Miroir du Cyclisme
He battled Ocaña for the win in 1971. Photo: L’Equipe Cyclisme
Ocaña had to abandon in the 1972 Tour with Merckx getting the win. Photo: L’Equipe Cyclisme
His final Tour de France victory came in 1974
A certain Slovenian may be joining the 5-time Tour de France winners club in 2026
Luca Vierstraete for Belgium got 3rd at the 2025 U23 UEC European TT Championships
Ukrainian model Vira Boshkova for Burç Akyol at PFW
Seth Dunwoody for Ireland at the 2025 U23 UEC European TT Championships
2020 Olympic champion in the road race, Anna Kiesenhofer at the 2025 UEC European TT Championships
Emma Watson at Miu Miu
Top crosser Lars van der Haar has announced he will retire at the end of this season. Here as Dutch champion in Herentals 2023
Oier Lazkano has been provisionally suspended by the UCI due to “unexplained anomalies” in his biological passport. Here at the 2024 Tour of Flanders
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) in flight
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