The Arrow of Brabant (also Brabantse Pijl or La Flèche Brabançonne) is a one-day cycling race in the Belgian province of Brabant. The route runs with 28 climbs from Leuven to Overijse southeast of Brussels. The race is now part of the UCI ProSeries. Normally the race is held in spring, but due to the Corona Pandemic in 2020, the race was held on October 7, 2020. The winner of this traditional race was Julian ALAPHILIPPE
The Liège-Bastogne-Liège cycle race, also known as La Doyenne, is one of the oldest one-day races in the world and is one of the so-called five monuments of cycling. Normally the race is held in spring, but due to the Corona Pandemic in 2020, the race was held on October 4, 2020.
This year, two Slovenians were the trump card. The winner was Primož Roglič from Slovenia ahead of Marc Hirschi from Switzerland and Tadej Pogačar also from Slovenia.
The special feature: Julian Alaphilippe already raised his arms to victory on the finish line, but Primož Roglič just passed him. In addition, Julian Alaphilippe was relegated because he blocked Marc Hirschi before.
The Women’s Liège–Bastogne–Liège (French: Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes) is the women’s event of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, an annual road bicycle racing event in Wallonia, Belgium, held in late April. Because of the Corona Pandemic in 2020 it was held in October.
The BinckBank Tour is a bicycle race that is held in the Netherlands and Belgium as a stage race. In the year 2020 the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won.
Selected match photos of the match between Rot-Weiss Essen and Fortuna Düsseldorf U23 on 02 October 2020 at the Essen stadium. The match took place within the 7th matchday of the Regionalliga West of the season 2020/2021. Final score of the Regionalligspiel was 2:0 (Dennis Grote, Cedric Harenbrock) in front of 5,000 spectators. For the first time since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, more than 300 spectators attended an RWE home game. The game was played under increased hygiene measures. With various stadium entrances and information boards. The photos include match scenes, players and coaches as well as fans and numerous roundabout photos of this unique football event.
La Flèche Wallonne (Walloon Arrow) is a road cycling race held annually in Belgium since 1936. The classic one-day race is part of the UCI WorldTour and is considered one of the important spring classics of cycling. Due to the Corona Pandemic, the 2020 edition of the race took place in autumn. On September 30th, the elite men tortured their way up the “Wall of Huy” (The Mur de Huy). The winner of the 84th edition of Flèche Wallonne was Marc Hirschi from the Swiss team Sunweb after 202 kilometers. He won ahead of Frenchman Benoit Cosnefroy (Equipe cycliste AG2R LA MONDIALE) and Michael Woods (EF Education First). Marc Hirschi is only the second Swiss after Ferdy Kübler to win the classic La Flèche Wallone.
Random photos of the elite women’s road race La Fleche Wallonne on September 30, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The perfect week for Anna van der Breggen. First double world champion in Imola and on September 30th again a success, this time with the leather Walloon Arrow, at “La Fleche Wallonne Feminine“. La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional cycling race for women that takes place every year in April in Wallonia, Belgium. This year, however, due to the Corona pandemic, the race took place in autumn. The women’s race is a little shorter than the men’s race but also includes a 22 percent climb on the “Wall of Huy” (The Mur de Huy) as a final sprint.
As in previous years, the Dutch Anna van der Breggen shone once again in the 2020 version of La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. For the sixth time in a row, she won the classic race, making her the sole record holder.
Random photos of the elite women’s road race La Fleche Wallonne Feminine on September 30, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The 87th UCI Road World Championships were held in Imola, Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region from September 24 to 27. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will be raging in 2020, only the road races and the individual time trials for women and men of the elite were held. The men’s road race took place on September 27 over an impressive 258.2 kilometers. At the end of the Imola title race, a more than deserved winner was chosen: Julian Alaphilippe. The Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, known for his hussar rides, once again proved his strength on such a difficult terrain and launched an attack on the last climb about 12 km before the finish, which none of the leading group of 25 at that time could follow.
A group of five riders crossed the finish line 24 seconds behind, from which the Belgian Wout van Aert sprinted for the silver medal ahead of the young Swiss Marc Hirschi.
Random photos of the elite men road race UCI World Road Championships on September 26, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The 87th UCI Road World Championships were held in Imola, Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region from September 24 to 27. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will be raging in 2020, only the road races and the individual time trials for women and men of the elite were held. The women’s road race took place on September 26th. The winner was Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands. She became double world champion after winning the time trial.
Anna van der Breggen won ahead of the strong Swiss Marlen Reusser and the Dutch Ellen van Dijk. After success at the Giro d’Italia, she had already indicated her hunger for victory for these World Championships and was then underlined in the road race. When a group leading by more than two minutes was repositioned about 43 kilometers before the finish line, among others with the German champion Lisa Brennauer, the defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten from the Netherlands attacked immediately afterwards. Despite her broken wrist in the Giro, she was at the start and was also able to put on an excellent performance. She was followed by Anna van der Breggen, the Italian Elisa Longo Borghini and the Dane Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, and later also the British Elizabeth Deignan.
Then it was Anna van der Breggen, who made an irresistible attack 41 kilometers before the end, extended her lead to 1:20 minutes and won her second World Championship title ahead of Annemiek van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini. In the chasing group, which lost 2:01 minutes, the young Liane Lippert was the best German, finishing in an excellent fifth place behind Marianne Vos, thus once again confirming the Dutch dominance in the women’s event. The 9th place of the strong Lisa Brennauer, who won the spurt of the main field, underlined the outstanding form of the Germans, who had already convinced in the individual time trial with the ungrateful 4th place.
Random photos of the elite women’s road race UCI World Road Championships on September 26, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The 87th UCI Road World Championships were held in Imola, Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region from September 24 to 27. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will be raging in 2020, only the road races and the individual time trials for women and men of the elite were held. The men’s individual time trial took place on September 24th at the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari of Imola.
The women’s race was won on the 31.7 kilometer circuit, which is just as long as the men’s, by co-favorite Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands, ahead of Marlen Reusser from Switzerland and Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands. 51 female riders started, 49 of whom crossed the finish line. The defending champion Chloé Dygert retired due to a serious crash. Olga Sabelinskaja, Uzbekistan champion, gave up the race. Anna van der Breggen completed the lap with an altitude difference of 200 meters in 40:20.14 minutes, which meant an average speed of 47.157 kilometers per hour. She was thus 15.58 seconds faster than Marlen Reusser and 31.46 seconds faster than third-placed Ellen van Dijk. Best German driver was Lisa Brennauer in fourth place, 45.06 seconds behind the winner.
Random photos of the elite women’s individual time trial UCI World Road Championships on September 25, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The 87th UCI Road World Championships were held in Imola, Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region from September 24 to 27 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will be raging in 2020, only the road races and the individual time trials for women and men of the elite were held. The men’s individual time trial took place on September 25th at the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari of Imola.
In the men’s race, the Italian Filippo Ganna surprisingly won the 31.7 kilometer long circuit (200 meters in altitude), ahead of the Australian Rohan Dennis. A total of 56 drivers from 38 nations took part in the race. Filipo Ganna completed the round in 35:54.10 minutes, which means an average speed of 52.978 kilometers per hour. He was thus 26.72 seconds faster than Rohan Dennis and 29.8 seconds faster than third-placed Stefan Küng from Switzerland. Best German driver was Jasha Sütterlin in 16th place, 1.38 minutes behind the winner.
Random photos of the elite men’s individual time trial UCI World Road Championships on September 25, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
Selected match photos of the encounter between Rot-Weiss Essen and Rot Weiß Ahlen on 23 September 2020 at the Essen stadium. The match took place during the 5th matchday of the Regionalliga West of the 2020/2021 season. Final score of the Regionalligspiel was 3:2 in front of 300 spectators. Due to the Corona Pandemic, no more spectators were allowed in the Essen stadium. The photos include match scenes, players and coaches as well as fans.
The Giro d’Italia Femminile (Giro Donne, Giro Rosa) is one of the world’s most famous multi-stage road races for women. The Giro Rosa takes place parallel to the Tour de France. The professional race is considered one of the most difficult stage races for women. Since 2016, the Giro d’Italia Femminile has been part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour.
This year the Giro d’Italia Femminile took place from September 11th to 19th.
In total there were nine stages with different levels of difficulty to master. Starting with a time trial in Grossetto, spectacular (mainly dusty) mountain stages and ending with the final in Motta Montecorvino.
- Stage 11.09.2020 Grosseto – Grosseto 16.8 Kilometer Zeitfahren
- Stage 12.9.2020 Civitella Paganico – Arcidosso 124.8 Kilometer
- Stage 13.9.2020 Santa Fiora – Assisi 142.2 Kilometer
- Stage 14.9.2020 Assisi – Tivoli 170.3 Kilometer
- Stage 15.9.2020 Terracina – Terracina 110.3 Kilometer
- Stage 16.9.2020 Torre del Greco – Nola 97.5 Kilometer
- Stage 17.9.2020 Nola – Maddaloni 112.5 Kilometer
- Stage 18.9.2020 Castelnuovo della Daunia – San Marco la Catola 91.5 Kilometer
- Stage 19.9.2020 Motta Montecorvino – Motta Montecorvino 109.9 Kilometer
As in previous years, the favorites for the overall title were Annemiek van Vleuten (winner in 2018 and 2019) from Team Mitchelton – Scott and Anna van der Breggen (winner in 2015 and 2017) from Team Boels – Dolmans.
At this year’s Giro Rosa, which was marked by the Corona pandemic, our cycling photographer Arne Mill has taken highly professional pictures of all stages and female cyclists for direct download.
Already for the 28th time the so-called Spee-Cup has been held in Genthin (Saxony-Anhalt) a cycling event over several age groups.
The one-day race Brittany Classic – Ouest-France is one of the most important bicycle races in France, originating in the town of Plouay. In addition to the elite women’s race, a men’s race is also held and, with the introduction of the UCI ProTour (forerunner of the UCI WorldTour), is one of the most important parts of the race calendar at the end of August. the race is part of this series of the most important cycling races of the year. The race is held together with other cycling betting events as part of the Fêtes de Plouay.
The 84th edition took place in Plouay on August 25th 2020 and was decided by the Australian Michael Matthews from Team Sunweb after 247.8 kilometers. He relegated the following drivers to the places:
1 MATTHEWS Michael Team Sunweb
2 MEZGEC Luka Mitchelton-Scott
3 SÉNÉCHAL Florian Deceuninck – Quick Step
4 DE GENDT Aimé Circus – Wanty Gobert
5 FEDELI Alessandro NIPPO DELKO One Provence
6 SIMMONS Quinn Trek – Segafredo
7 EEKHOFF Nils Team Sunweb
8 MCLAY Daniel Team Arkéa Samsic
9 ROUX Anthony Groupama – FDJ
10 GARCÍA CORTINA Iván Bahrain – McLaren
Random photos of the elite men race Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France 2020 on August 25, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The one-day race classic The Grand Prix de Plouay-Brittany is a one-day race for women that has been held annually since 1998 in the French town of Plouay (Brittany). Since 2016, the Grand Prix de Plouay-Brittany has been part of the Women’s Cycling World Cup and was added to the calendar of the newly launched UCI Women’s World Tour in 2016. The race is held together with numerous other cycling competitions as part of the Fêtes de Plouay, including the Men’s World Tour race Grand Prix Ouest France.
The winner of the 2020 edition was Elizabeth from Great Britain, ahead of Elizabeth Banks and Chiara Consonni.
Random photos of the elite women’s Grand Prix De Plouay on August 25, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The 2020 UEC Road European Championships will be held in Plouay. France (Brittany) from August 24 to 28. The individual time trial of the professional / elite men took place on August 24, 2020. The distance was 25.6 kilometers. There were 27 drivers at the start.
So shortly after the national championships and before the Tour de France, which starts next weekend, some of the pros had to take a break. Also some fall injuries of the last days. For example Remco Evenepoel or Maximilian Schachmann, who would certainly have been among the favorites, contributed to the manageable starting field. The favorites, however, were the Belgian Victor Campenaerts and the Swiss Stefan Küng. Justin Wolf and Juri Hollmann, two blatant outsiders for the BDR, started the race. The European Champion title was finally won by Stefan Küng. He distanced the Frenchman Remi Cavagna by 17 seconds and the Belgian Victor Campenaerts by 21 seconds.
Random photos of the elite women’s individual time trial UEC European Road Championships on August 25, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
The 2020 UEC Road European Championships will be held in Plouay. France ( Brittany) from August 24 to 28. The women’s individual time trial took place on August 24, 2020 over a distance of 25.6 kilometers. There were 26 women drivers at the start.
Hardly anyone could compete against the strong Dutch Anna van der Breggen and Ellen van Dijk. At least the strong performance of the Swiss Marlen Reusser. She finished third on the podium, came as something of a surprise. In the end, Germany’s Lisa Brennauer, who was 1:14 minutes behind European champion Anna van der Breggen, nevertheless delivered a strong race, especially since she had been active in the German championships the day before.
Random photos of the elite women’s individual time trial UEC European Road Championships on August 25, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):
For the tenth time now, the traditional club Rot-Weiss Essen won the Lower Rhine Cup on 22 August 2020. Following victories in 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016, RWE is now the record cup winner. The cup final on August 22 against 1 FC Kleve was subject to special conditions due to the Corona pandemic. Only about 300 spectators were allowed to attend.
In cooperation with our sports magazine turus.net, we are making a few selected photos of the (empty) Essen stadium, the award ceremony and the festivities available here for private and editorial use. You can find a detailed report on the match and everything else about it in our magazine turus.net.
On Sunday the 09th of August the racecourse Hoppegarten in Brandenburg organized its fourth race day. There were eleven races, due to the current Corona restrictions, only 1,000 people. Among them 750 paying spectators as well as 250 owners, officials and employees.
The list race Fürstenberg-Rennen (Gruppe III) over 2,400 metres was endowed with prize money of 27,500 euros. Winner was Andrasch Starke with Be My Sheriff, trained by Henk Grewe in Cologne. The German star jockey shone all day long with three victories in the first six races. Second was Maxim Pecheur on Moonlight Man. Third place went to Lukas Delozier on Notre Ruler.
According to the racetrack there were local heroes as well as the overpowering Andrasch Starke at the races on the race day on 9th August 2020: In the 4th race (City Control race, category D) Sky Emperor of coach Roland Dzubasz from Neuenhagen under Polish jockey Michal Abik was the clear favourite. In the 7th race (Florida Ice Race, Compensation IV) Tandilo of coach Friederike Schloms from Neuenhagen under jockey Rene Piechulek prevailed.
20 random photos of Gallop races Hoppegarten 09. August 2020 from our picture agency (more under the link below):