John Thomson’s End of Year Photo Gallery #2: The 2024 road season is well behind us, so here is photographer, John Thomson’s second part of his ‘End of Year Photo Gallery’. “Chrono, Couture, Cross and Cobbles” from France and Belgium. Plus his pick from the world of fashion.
*** You can see more of John Thomson’s photo galleries HERE. ***
John Thomson: “This is part two of my ‘Chrono, Couture, Cross and Cobbles’ end of year photo gallery. More riders, fashionistas and models, including a Cat, a Colombian, a Canadian, a countess, a “creep” and a KBE. Part two of three.”
The Great One could almost drive the Monaco to Nice time trial with his eyes closed
Glamorous arrival at Miu Miu
Remco wearing white on Col d’Èze
A fan on the railing pulling back for Remco and your photographer in the blue hat
Emilia Silberg at Nina Ricci
Jacques Anquetil riding the Grand Prix des Nations time trial with a nice big support vehicle. In 1955 this was his 3rd win and the hour record attempt would be next. Photo: Jean Jaffre
The gorgeous and hard to get Fuji X100VI with a teleconverter lens being shot by a fellow photog. And the beautiful Alesya Kafeinikova for Vivienne Westwood
Four-time World Junior Champion Cat Ferguson will ride for Movistar Team in 2025. Here at Gavere in 2023
Carol Mendes at Giambattista Valli
Cees Bol won the 2019 Nokere Koerse. Here on Col d’Èze
Emili Sindlev at Rabanne
Jonas Vingegaard riding to 6th place on the Isola 2000 stage
Countess Maria Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck arrives at Giambattista Valli
As of this writing, maybe the return of MvdP on Zonhoven weekend? But with wheel stomping, beer throwing, close racing and the rise of Thibau, this cross season has already been quite exciting
Madeline Argy at Chanel at the Grand Palais
Jasper Stuyven wanted more teamwork from Belgium at the Gravel Worlds. Here on Col d’Èze
Aine O’Leary for Uma Wang
As of this writing, not sure about the Strade Bianche, but more likely the Tour of Flanders in 2025 for the new World Champion
Ida Heiner for Louis Vuitton at The Louvre
Arrive early and you get a nice clean shot of Remco riding the recon with no fans in the background
Sascha Rajasalu for Courrèges
Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden (1926) by Otto Dix at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris
Elisa Balsamo battled back from injury to ride the Olympics in Paris. And said on her Instagram: “The road was an indescribable thrill, I don’t think I have ever seen so many people on the side of the road in my entire career, it was amazing”
Stella Hanan for Sacai
Blanka Vas and Marianne Vos driving up La Butte Montmartre at the Paris Olympics
Colin Jones for Gabriela Hearst
Fem van Empel and Thibau Nys are the new European Cyclocross Champions
Fashionista in the sun at Palais de Tokyo with a skateboarding dude in the background
Victor Campenaerts won stage 18 at the 2024 TDF and returns to Team Visma-Lease a Bike in 2025. Here on Col d’Èze
Mary Leest at Akris
Laurenz Rex got a 9th place finish at Paris-Roubaix in 2023. Here on Col d’Èze at the TDF
Zita d’Hauteville at Dior
Liane Lippert for Germany at the Paris Olympic road race
Big glasses beauty at Nina Ricci
Eugenia Bujak and Emma Norsgaard Bjerg at the Paris Olympic road race
Rebecca Leigh Longendyke for Courrèges
Mark Cavendish riding the Col d’Èze time trial
Sir Mark Simon Cavendish KBE riding his final Tour de France. And Oakley will be happy that he is wearing double eye protection
Chic Paris style at Stella McCartney
Canadian Derek Gee had a breakout Tour de France
NBA legend Tony Parker and Agathe Teyssier at Dior
Top Latvian pro Toms Skujinš got 2nd at Strade Bianche in 2024. Here on Col d’Èze
Evie Harris for Zimmermann
Top cross rider Laura Verdonschot here at the Scheldecross Antwerpen 2023
Simona Jakstaite at Zimmermann
British Champion Fred Wright at the Tour of Flanders 2024 and nice top ten finishes in the two previous editions
Countess Maria Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck has the attention of all the street photogs at Nina Ricci
Stefan Küng won the 2024 Chrono des Nations. Here riding to 5th place at the 2024 Paris-Roubaix
Meredith Duxbury at Rabanne
2022 U23 World Champion Yevgeniy Fedorov at the 2024 Paris-Roubaix
Stylish arrival at Valentino
Retro rider on the Carrefour de l’Arbre
Givenchy model and a lot more sun at Paris Fashion Week last year
US Champion Sean Quinn on the Isola 2000 stage at the TDF
Vika Evseeva walks the Stella McCartney show at PFW
2024 Ecuadorian Champion Jhonatan Narváez at the 2023 Tour of Flanders and joining Tadej at UAE in 2025
Crossing the road for Hermès at PFW
The Colombian legend Egan Bernal not going full TT bike on Col d’Èze
The great actor Willem Dafoe was “creepily” memorable as Bobby Peru in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart (1990). Here he is after walking in the Miu Miu show at Paris Fashion Week
# More great photos coming soon from John. #
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