2025 Holy Week Photo Gallery: Photographer, John Thomson, has put together another ‘Special Photo Gallery’ from his recent trip to France and Belgium for the ‘Holly Week’. The best shots from the top bike races and, of course, John’s choice of ‘other’ subjects from his collection.
*** You can see more of John Thomson’s photo galleries HERE. ***
John Thomson sez: “This is my “Special 2025 Holy Week” photo gallery. It includes shots from the Oude Kwaremont at the Tour Flanders, the Scheldeprijs and the Carrefour de l’Arbre at Paris Roubaix. Also including cars, kids, dogs, beers, two cats, two legendary female photographers, a bit of museum culture from Belgium and France, champions from the past and a few scans from my magazine collection.”
The great Tadej Pogačar would win his 2nd Tour of Flanders with the Richard Milne digging into his wrist. Not as bad as Paris-Roubaix though
The Belgian papers the day after De Ronde
Was there really any doubt that Tadej Pogačar would be top at Paris-Roubaix?
Two great champions at the finish of Paris-Roubaix. Photo: Pierre Rouanet/La Voix des Sports
Tadej Pogačar forcing the pace with Wout and Matteo following on the Oude Kwaremont on the second time up
Two days of sickness leading up to the race and also the crash didn’t help, but he didn’t make any excuses. A top Flanders for Mathieu
Oude Kwaremont 6.6%
Filippo Ganna had a great Tour of Flanders with a top 10 finish and battled to 13th at Paris-Roubaix. Here on the Oude Kwaremont
Albert Withen Philipsen won the Paris-Roubaix Espoirs
Aaron Dockx is the Belgian U23 Cyclocross Champion and was just outside the top 10 at the Paris-Roubaix Espoirs
Arrive early on the Oude Kwaremont!
Great to see Wout van Aert racing at the top again at the Tour of Flanders
US champion Ashlin Barry finished 2nd at the Paris-Roubaix Juniors behind eventual winner Michiel Mouris (European ITT junior champion, slightly obscured)
Artsy beer shot in Lille
Carefully gripping the bars. Jasper Philipsen had a high speed slide out and took some skin off his palm. But he battled hard and still finished just outside the top ten at Paris-Roubaix
Bernard Hinault had some nice things to say about Tadej and Mathieu. Photo: Miroir du Cyclisme
Not just time trials. Bissegger with Rutsch and Hoelgaard were all in the top ten at Paris-Roubaix
Bob Jungels was a new signing for Ineos Grenadiers in 2025. Here at the Tour of Flanders
Three time winner of De Ronde, Tom Boonen riding his 15th and final edition in 2017
I remember when Peter Sagan once had this cool haircut. The World Champion at the Scheldeprijs
2018 was the year Peter Sagan won Paris-Roubaix as World Champion. Here with Philippe Gilbert who would win in the next year
His birthday was on Paris-Roubaix day. Canadian cycling legend Alex Stieda in a shot from years ago
The camera used for the Alex Stieda picture. A Rolleicord and a Metz potato masher flash
Dane Casper Pedersen on the Oude Kwaremont at the Tour of Flanders
Beer went flying as the crowd coming off the Oude Kwaremont celebrated the win of Lotte Kopecky on the big screen
Lotte Kopecky won the 2025 Tour of Flanders Women. Here in a better shot from 2024
Teenager Cat Ferguson got a great top 20 at Flanders, here with German Champion Franziska Koch on the Oude Kwaremont. Unfortunately a spectator ended the Paris-Roubaix Femmes for Cat
Former British Champion Connor Swift at the Tour of Flanders
Obligatory artsy photo of Carrefour de l’Arbre cobbles
Belgian Roger Rosiers won the 1971 Paris-Roubaix. Photo: L’Equipe/Cyclisme
American visual artist Cindy Sherman poses as an art collector in this self portrait at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Cindy Sherman (1954, New Jersey, US) Untitled #474, 2008, C-print
“Untitled Film Stills” is a series of black and white photographs by American visual artist Cindy Sherman predominantly made between 1977 and 1980, which gained her international recognition. Sherman casts herself in various stereotypical female roles inspired by 1950’s and 1960’s films (Wikipedia). And one of my favorite photo books
Always great at De Ronde, Stefan Küng finished 7th in Oudenaarde
Cat walking
Lizzie Deignan is one of the all time greats. Here on the Carrefour de l’Arbre at Paris-Roubaix Femmes and of course the winner in 2021
Allrounder Floortje Mackaij on the Carrefour de l’Arbre at the Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Émilie Charmy self portrait (1923) at the Centre Pompidou Paris
Iván García Cortina was very happy with a great top 10 finish at the Tour of Flanders
Jeanne Korevaar in the dust at the Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Josh Tarling and his massive 62t chainring rode in team support for Filippo Ganna. And is that an Olympic tattoo on his torso?
High fiving the team cars following the Flanders women’s race. With absolutely no alcohol involved whatsoever
Jonathan Milan put the track aside for MSR and here at Paris-Roubaix in 2025
Lea Lin Teutenberg at the Paris-Roubaix Femmes
A great almost top ten for Laurence Pithie at the Tour of Flanders
Nu assis sur un canapé, (1916) by Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) at the Centre Pompidou Paris
Brit Lewis Askey was the last finisher but battled hard at De Ronde
Peter Sagan at the 2016 Paris-Roubaix in the year he won De Ronde
It was a hot dog day on the Saturday of the Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Max Walscheid was an early aggressor at the Tour of Flanders
Oier Lazkano battled hard to be the last rider within the time limit at Paris-Roubaix
Neilson Powless had his fantastic win at the Dwars door Vlaanderen. Here on the Oude Kwaremont
Amber liquid and Flemish stew are alway on the menu when in Belgium
Rising star Paul Magnier has extended his deal with Soudal Quick-Step, here on the Oude Kwaremont
View from the tower of Saint Martin’s Church in Kortrijk
2021 World Junior Champion Per Strand Hagenes at the Tour of Flanders
Inside Saint Martin’s Church in Kortrijk
Greg Van Avermaet won the 2017 Paris-Roubaix
1972 350SL in Kortrijk
An 8th at Roubaix and 14th at Flanders. A top Holy Week for Norwegian Champion Markus Hoelgaard here in the Oude Kwaremont
The locals come out early to entertain the fans on the Carrefour de l’Arbre
Rising talent Matthew Brennan had a fantastic ride at his first elite Paris-Roubaix
The Man Ray photograph of Lee Miller (1907-1977), war reporter, influential portrait photographer and inspiring surrealist at the exhibition “Lee Miller in Print” at the Photo Museum Antwerp
David E. Scherman photo of Lee Miller in uniform, London, 1944. Lee Miller Archives at the Photo Museum Antwerp
The “funeral pyre of the Third Reich”. Hitler’s house (Berghof) set on fire by SS troops, Obersalzberg, Bavaria, Germany, 1945. Photo by Lee Miller at the exhibition “Lee Miller in Print” at the Photo Museum Antwerp
Alison Jackson for Canada at the Scheldeprijs Women posing with a young fan
2023 Paris-Roubaix Femmes winner Alison Jackson and former Canadian Champion had at top PRBF in 2025 with a 5th place finish
Elisa Balsamo winning the Scheldeprijs Women from Charlotte Kool and Chiara Consonni
Kid watching the traffic go by in Antwerpen
Florian Vermeersch at the Tour of Flanders riding for Tadej
Tadej Pogačar winning his 2nd Tour of Flanders
Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) in flight
# Where will John be with his camera next? Stay PEZ to find out. #
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