Special photo gallery: Photographer John Thomson has had a full 2025 at the road-side and next to the cat-walk, so here is his fifth ‘2025 Photo Gallery’.
*** ‘Part 1’ HERE, ‘Part 2’ HERE, ‘Part 3 HERE and ‘Part 4 HERE’. You can see more of John Thomson’s photo galleries HERE. ***
John Thomson: “This is my part 5 (and penultimate) 2025 End of Year Photo Gallery. Pictures of riders in the news, fashionistas, post-show models at PFW and the team of Mathieu and Jasper has some Canadian content. Including shots with mud, blood and sweat, and men and women against the clock.”
Paul Fietzke for Germany at the 2025 U23 UEC European TT Championships
Wout van Aert had his dramatic win in Siena at the Giro. Here getting 3rd at Strade Bianche in 2019
Two-time U23 World cyclocross champion Tibor del Grosso here winning the U23 race at Antwerp in 2023
Posing up a storm at Louis Vuitton
More TT Tarling. Josh at the 2025 European Championships
Mathieu and Wout will meet in Antwerp for their first battle of the cross season. Both pictured here in 2023
2025 was the year of Pogi. Here at the Tour of Flanders
Aniek van Alphen had her first World Cup win in France at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup Flamanville. Here on the Koppenberg in 2022
Leonie Hanne at Miu Miu
Louison Bobet won his third consecutive Tour de France in 1955. Photo: Miroir-Sprint
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (2nd place), with Liane Lippert (3rd place) and winner Lotte Kopecky (obscured) at the 2025 Tour of Flanders Femmes
Spanish champion Abel Balderstone at the 2025 European Time Trial Championships
Arrival glam at Louis Vuitton
Six-time French cyclocross champion Clément Venturini will ride for the Unibet Rose Rockets in 2026
Blanka Vas as Hungarian champion at the 2025 Tour of Flanders Femmes
More Valery Kaufman at Giambattista Valli
A bit of Kwiato love. The Polish iron man signed a three-year extension with INEOS Grenadiers. Here riding the Nice TT at the 2024 TDF
Michał Kwiatkowski as World champion with Alaphilippe and Boonen (obscured) at the 2015 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
And at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in 2015
Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl at Giambattista Valli
Bernard Thévenet would win the 1975 Tour with Eddy Merckx as World champion from his win in Montreal
Tadej Pogačar will go for his 3rd win at the Tour of Flanders in 2026
Photographer, creative director and one of the top models of the 1990s. Helena Christensen here at Mugler likes my off-camera flash
Louis Vervaeke has signed on for three more years with Soudal Quick-Step. Here with Manuel Quinziato at the 2015 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
Spanish star Juan Ayuso has signed on with Lidl-Trek through 2030 and will ride the 2026 TDF!
Sam Laban for Carven
Veronica Ewers will step back from racing to concentrate on her health. Here at the 2023 Strade Bianche Donne
Retired pro and 2018 Tour of Flanders winner Niki Terpstra will be a sports director at Soudal Quick-Step
Robin Wright and Dylan Penn at Stella McCartney
Five-time world champion Ellen van Dijk is calling time on a stellar 20 year pro career. Here at the 2025 Tour of Flanders Femmes
Gianmarco Garofoli has extended his contract with Soudal Quick-Step until the end of 2027. Here at the 2025 Strade Bianche
A bronze medallist in the 2025 Worlds time trial then a broken wrist suffered in the road race. Ilan van Wilder will stay with Soudal Quick-Step until the end of the 2028 season. Here at Isola 2000 on stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France
Aker kindly posing after the Lavin show at PFW
Raúl García Pierna has signed with Movistar Team through 2028. Here in Nice on the final stage of the 2024 TDF
Top rides in stage races for Ilan van Wilder in 2025. Here in Montmartre on the final stage of the TDF
90’s supermodel Eva Herzigova at The Row
Classic Merckx, Ocaña, Agostinho and Poulidor (obscured) pictured here at the 1972 Tour de France on a 1974 magazine cover. Photo: L’Équipe
XDS Astana are bringing back Gleb Syritsa to the World Tour. Here at the 2023 Paris-Roubaix
Shanina Shaik at Victoria Beckham
Multiple British cyclocross champion Cameron Mason is having a top 2025 in the field. Here at Namur in 2019
Tour Montparnasse viewed from the Montparnasse Cemetery
Lexy Hearn for Burc Akyol
Pogi has Paris-Roubaix officially on his 2026 schedule
Eddy Merckx at the 1969 Tour de France. Photo: Le Miroir des Sports
Canadian Hugo Houle will ride for Alpecin-Premier Tech in 2026. Here at the 2024 Tour de France
Kenna Musel for Hodakova
Timo Kielich will ride for Visma-Lease a Bike in 2026. Here as U23 Belgian cyclocross champion at Namur in 2019
Giro and Vuelta for João Almeida in 2026. Here at the 2024 TDF
Arrival at the Coperni show at PFW
Winner of the 2025 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Juniors. Tuur Verbeeck at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix Juniors
Lucinda Brand is on a winning streak so far this cross season. Here with Femme van Empel at Antwerp in 2023
Lauren Huyskens for Courreges
Oier Lazkano riding his last race for the foreseeable future. Here as the last finisher at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix
“Seppy” was a big help to Jonas at the 2025 Vuelta a España. Sepp Kuss here on the final Montmartre stage at the 2025 TDF
Athiec for Stella McCartney
Jack Haig has signed a two-year contract with INEOS Grenadiers. Here in the Nice TT at the 2024 TDF
A few crosses planned for former gravel World champion Gianni Vermeersch this season and he will ride for Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe in 2026. Here at Herentals in 2023
Loreto Peralta at Akris
Multiple African champion Ryan Gibbons calling time on a great decade-long career. Here on the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France
Magnus Carstensen riding for the EF Education-Aevolo team at the 2025 U23 Paris-Roubaix
Model and actress Milla Jovovich after walking in the Miu Miu show at PFW
Cees Bol has his own fan club and will ride for Decathlon CMA CGM until the end of 2028. Here at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix
Pogi described him as “an amazing rider.” Dane Albert Withen Philipsen here at the 2025 Strade Bianche
Matej Mohorič signs with Team Bahrain Victorious for another two years. And the team says goodbye to MERIDA after nine years and on to Bianchi for 2026
Frauke Nijs for Leowe
No cross but back on a Pinarello. Tom Pidcock will ride for Pinarello-Q36.5 in 2026
Xandro Meurisse signs with Pinarello-Q36.5 on a two-year contract. Here at the 2025 Ronde
Esther Finch at her first Paris Fashion Week for Akris
Valentin Martinet and Ignacy Golonko at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix Juniors
Julie De Wilde at the 2025 European TT Championships
Lola Clark, here at Stella McCartney, is the goddaughter of artist David Hockney
Filippo Ganna will be riding in bright new INEOS Grenadiers colours in 2026. Here wearing azzurro Savoia at the 2025 European TT Championships
Jasper Philipsen loves Paris-Roubaix and has podium finishes in 2023 and 2024. Here in 2025
Jasper and Mathieu now have some Canadian content in Alpecin-Premier Tech
Obligatory beer picture
January 2024 in Vancouver
*** Stay PEZ for John’s next ‘Special Photo Gallery’. ***
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