{"id":1004,"date":"2011-11-23T22:29:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2011-11-23T22:30:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T14:30:40","slug":"tour-de-bintan-2011-stage-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/tour-de-bintan-2011-stage-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de Bintan 2011 – Stage 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my dreams as a cyclist and a photographer is to photograph a race from the back of a motorbike. In November I got the opportunity to realise this dream by photographing a fantastic little race on the island of Bintan in Indonesia. I spent the majority of the 157km Stage 1 following a breakaway of 8 cyclists from the Men\u2019s Open Cat 1 over hills and through rain storms. It was an exciting and eventful day and after over 4 hours on the back of the motorbike I came to learn that it\u2019s almost as tiring and painful as the actual racing! Below are a selection of my images from Stage 1.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em> to look at more images of Tour de Bintan Stage 1.<\/p>\n

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The Cat 1 Open men ready to roll.<\/p>\n

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The break formed early and held on to the finish.<\/p>\n

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One of many short sharp climbs the riders had to get over.<\/p>\n

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It rained early on in the race which kept the temperature slightly cooler than usual.<\/p>\n

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The constant rollers and attacks during the last few kilometers kept the break on there toes.<\/p>\n

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A great sprint finish and the pain really showed.\u00a0 For some more than others as the winner was later disqualified.<\/p>\n

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