Photography

The 88th Tour de France photo gallery will feature pictures by Fotoreporter Sirotti as well as AFP and Cyclingnews photos.

Photos part I - Team presentation - Stage 10 (Aix-les-Bains-L'Alpe d'Huez)
Photos part III - Stage 16 (Castelsarrasin) - Stage 20 (Paris)

Stage 11 - July 18: Grenoble - Chamrousse, Mountain ITT, 32 km
Stage 12 - July 20: Perpginan - Ax-les-Thermes (Plateau de Bonascre), 166 km
Stage 13 - July 21: Foix - Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 194 km
Stage 14 - July 22: Tarbes - Luz Ardiden, 141.5 km
Rest day 2 - July 23: Pau
Stage 15 - July 24: Pau - Lavaur, 232.5 km

Stage 11 - July 18: Grenoble - Chamrousse, Mountain ITT, 32 km

Lance Armstrong (USPS) - powering out of the saddle during the TT
Lance Armstrong - rides during the stage 11 time trial to Chamrousse
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - charges towards a mountain stage double
Joseba Beloki (ONCE Eroski) - wearing the full mask on the road to Chamrousse
Oscar Sevilla (Kelme - Costa Blanca) - in the best young rider jersey, rode well for 5th
Christophe Moreau (Festina) - with his trademark tongue-out pose
Santiago Botero (Kelme - Costa Blanca) - nears the summit
Francois Simon (Bonjour) - put in a brave ride, but still lost a lot of time
Francois Simon (Bonjour) - arrives 7 minutes down on Armstrong
Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - grimaces with effort
Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - impressed, but still lost a minute
Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) - struggles home in the green jersey
Jonathan Vaughters (Credit Agricole) - finished 21st on the stage
Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis) - lost another 6 minutes to Armstrong
Stuart O'Grady - rides the TT in his green skinsuit
Johan Museeuw (Domo) - warms down on the rollers after his TT
Lance Armstrong - smiles on the podium after his second stage win.
Francois Simon (Bonjour) - still in yellow - but for how long?
Francois Simon - celebrates with his daughter Alicia on the podium

Stage 12 - July 20: Perpginan - Ax-les-Thermes (Plateau de Bonascre), 166 km

Christophe Moreau (Festina) - gets in the car after abandoning the 12th stage
Paolo Bettini (Mapei) - leads the charge during the early part of the race
Bram de Groot (Rabobank) - lies on the ground after falling on the descent of the Col de Jau
Felix Cardenas (Kelme) - leads David Etxebarria (Euskaltel) in their pursuit of Bettini
Lance Armstrong (USPS) and Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - mow down the riders in front of them
Full throttle - Lance Armstrong goes for it
Michele Bartoli (Mapei) - rides to the finish
Paolo Bettini (Mapei) - rides to the finish.
David Etxebarria (Euskaltel) - rides to the finish
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) - rides to the finish
Santiago Botero (Kelme) - rides to the finish.
Felix Cardenas (Kelme) - rides to the finish.
Felix Cardenas - goes flat out for the finish on Plateau de Bonsacre
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - cheered onto the finish
Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - in hot pursuit of Armstrong
Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - gives it everything on the last corner
Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) leads Joseba Beloki (ONCE) - on the last corner.
Felix Cardenas - gives his trademark salute as he wins
Felix Cardenas - wins stage 12
Roberto Laiseka - finishes just in front of Armstrong
Lance Armstrong finishes - a job well done
Jan Ullrich - finishes stage 12.
Oscar Sevilla - crosses the line in front of Joseba Beloki
Bobby Julich (CA) - rides in with Francois Simon (Bonjour)
Robert Hunter (Lampre) - finishing stage 12
Felix Cardenas - celebrates his win on the podium
Francois Simon (Bonjour) - still in yellow
Laurent Roux (Jean Delatour) - maintained his grip on the mountains jersey

Stage 13 - July 21: Foix - Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 194 km

Phil Knight - director of Nike, was present at stage 13.
Joseba Beloki (ONCE) - checks his bike before the start
Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) - checks his bike before the start
Paolo Bettini (Mapei) - with the flowers for most combative rider
Bernard Hinault, Paolo Bettini and Stephen Roche - on hand to present the "Coeur de Lion" award to Bettini
The champion's champion - Laurent Jalabert signs autographs for fans
The Bonjour team - pose before the start of stage 13
Bonjour's Didier Rous and Francois Simon - smile before the start
Francois Simon (Bonjour) - gets ready for another tough day in the saddle
Rabobank - was the best team on classification before stage 13
Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) - kisses a stuffed lion
Guisseppi Guerini and Kevin Livingston - chat before the start
Johan Museeuw (Domo) - poses with his young son, Gianni before the start.
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - can almost smell the Maillot Jaune
Lance Armstrong - focuses before the start
You see - all kinds of things in the Pyrenees...
The Fabio Casartelli memorial - on the descent of the Portet d'Aspet.
A cyclist - rides past the memorial of former cyclist Fabio Casartelli
Laurent Jalabert (CSC) - during his long breakaway
Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - climbs out of the ditch on the side of the road after his fall
Jan Ullrich - climbs back over the safety barrier after overshooting a corner
Inigo Chaureau (Euskaltel) - nears the finish in Pla d'Adet
Laurent Jalabert - shows the signs of his fall as he nears the finish
Joseba Beloki (ONCE) - leads Roberto Heras (USPS) near the finish
Lance Armstrong - rides near a US fan on the final climb to Pla d'Adet.
Lance Armstrong - powering up the last rise
Lance Armstrong - cheered on to the finish
Lance Armstrong - approaches the finish at Pla d'Adet.
Jan Ullrich - keeps the power on as he races to the finish
Jan Ullrich - grits his teeth for the end
Lance Armstrong - wins his third stage of the Tour in Pla d'Adet
Lance Armstrong - points to the sky as he wins
Jan Ullrich - crosses the line in second place
Joseba Beloki - crosses in front of Roberto Heras (USPS).
Stefano Garzelli (Mapei) - finished the stage in 5th place
Stefano Garzelli - enjoys a drink after a hot stage
Daniele Nardello (Mapei) - enjoys a drink
Paolo Bettini (Mapei) - finishes another tough day
Laurent "La Broche" Brochard - peels off clothing
Jose Luis "Chechu" Rubiera (USPS) - gives the thumbs up
Laurent Jalabert - the new wearer of the Maillot Pois
Oscar Sevilla - on the podium as best young rider
Lance Armstrong - on the podium again after his third stage win
Lance Armstrong - the emotion clearly shows
Lance Armstrong - gets detailed instructions on how to open a bottle of coke
Lance Armstrong - in yellow for the first time since the prologue
Lance Armstrong - talks to the press in Le Maillot Jaune

Stage 14 - July 22: Tarbes - Luz Ardiden, 141.5 km

Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - arriving at the start
The Dynapost duo - of Ben and Thierry
The Pyrenean giants - are no less formidable than the Alps
Basque supporters - get ready
The secret to success?
One way - to keep out of the sun on a mountainside..,
Cyclotourists - make their way up the Col du Tourmalet
Signs - are placed at 1 km intervals all the way up this mountain
Monuments to Jacques Goddet - top of the Col du Tourmalet
A giant screen - near the top of the Tourmalet
A view down the valley - from the top of the Col du Tourmalet
Gendarmes in Luz Ardiden - plotting to work out how to confuse the traffic.
The main group - on the Col d'Aspin
The Basque flag - was out in force on all the climbs
Wladimir Belli (Fassa Bortolo) - tried hard but could not counter Laiseka's move
Wladimir Belli (Fassa Bortolo) - rides to the finish, for second place
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) - grabbed his last opporunity in the mountains
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) on the way to a virtual home win in front of thousands of Basque fans
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) - gets ready to raise his arms
Roberto Laiseka - raises his arms as he crosses the line.
Roberto Laiseka - wins the stage
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) - wins stage 14 for the Basques
Wladimir Belli (Fassa Bortolo) - finished second in Luz Ardiden
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - never let Ullrich out of his sight.
Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - last minute instructions?
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - was never put into difficulty by Ullrich but did not contest 3rd place
Jan Ullrich and Lance Armstrong - cross for 3rd and 4th respectively
Jan Ullrich - reaches out to shake Lance Armstrong's hand after stage 14
Two champions - briefly shake hands at the end of the final mountain stage
Jan Ullrich - just after crossing the finish line
Roberto Heras (USPS) - worked his heart out for Lance all day
Roberto Heras - rolling across for 5th in the stage
Roberto Heras - is given a hand after the finish
Joseba Beloki (ONCE) - leads Best Young Rider Oscar Sevilla to the finish
Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) - comfortably holds the white jersey for Best Young Rider
Didier Rous (Bonjour) - in the French National Champion's colours
Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis) - tried hard but ceded 2nd place to Ullrich.
Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) - rode consistently throughout the mountains
Felix Cardenas (Kelme) - won the first Pyrenean stage on Friday but lost 2.42 on the last
Stefano Garzelli (Mapei) - finding form in the mountains
Jose Luis Rubiera (USPS) - along with Heras, has been Lance's lieutenant
Tyler Hamilton (USPS) - looking in better shape than in the first week
Thumbs up - for Laiseka from a Euskaltel teammate
Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) - wonders where his teammates are
Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour) - gets warm and cools down
Laurent Roux (Jean Delatour) - not looking too happy with affairs.
Stefano Garzelli (Mapei) - ponders on what could have been
Pascal Lino (Festina) - downs a can of Fanta
Axel Merckx (Domo) - is the best placed Belgian on GC
Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) - is helped by TdF minders...er sponsors
Marco Pinotti (Lampre) - at the finish of stage 14
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) - salutes on the podium
Roberto Laiseka - basking in glory.
Lance Armstrong - in yellow for the second day, at Luz Ardiden
Lance Armstrong - safely in yellow after the mountains, a job well done.
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - satisfied with a good day in the office
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - leaves the podium satisfied and with fluffy toy

Rest day 2 - July 23: Pau

Lance Armstrong - begins his press conference, surrounded by microphones
Lance Armstrong - looks relaxed as he talks
Lance Armstrong - ponders a question
Lance Armstrong - thinks before answering

Stage 15 - July 24: Pau - Lavaur, 232.5 km

Wladimir Belli (Fassa Bortolo) - is presented the most combative prize
Lance Armstrong (USPS) - signs autographs before the start
Joseba Beloki (ONCE) - in high demand
Spanish champion Ivan Gutierrez (ONCE) - signs autographs before the start
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) - signs autographs for the Basques
Didier Rous (Bonjour) - does the proper thing and obliges the fans
LOOK - BigMat!
Postal workers bikes - all lined up and ready to roll
Stuart O'Grady (CA) - looking quietly confident in his green jersey
Lance Armstrong - rides past sunflowers
The peloton - ride through a corridor of trees
Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto) - and Marco Pinotti (Lampre) during their escape
Rik Verbrugghe - wins the stage in front of Marco Pinotti
Rik Verbrugghe - beats Marco Pinotti in the sprint to take the stage
Rik Verbrugghe - shows the signs of his effort afterwards
Marco Pinotti - gives a post race interview after his second place
Erik Dekker (Rabobank) - gives a post-race interview
Stefano Garzelli (Mapei) - cools off
Jan Ullrich (Telekom) - had to visit the doping control today
Rik Verbrugghe - smiles on the podium after his win
Lance Armstrong - in yellow after the stage
Lance Armstrong - takes his stuffed lion and goes home
Laurent Jalabert - looking chuffed with his polka dots.
Oscar Sevilla - Still best young rider.

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