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Thursday Thirteen: Thirteen Photos Which Inspired 27 Stages

25/4/2013

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Ciao a tutti! Hi, everybody! Thanks for dropping by for this week's Thursday Thirteen. Since I'm very busy, preparing for my trip to the US next week and wrapping up all the work on 27 Stages, I thought I'd share a few pics which have inspired me throughout the long slog from start to finish.

So, yeah, it's a blog of cyclist photos. *clears throat*

Anyhoo... Please, allow me to present to you

Thirteen Photos Which Inspired 27 Stages!

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A rider cleans off post-race in the famous Paris-Roubaix velodrome shower hall.
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Post-crash recovery.
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Philippe Gilbert's legs after winning a stage of the Vuelta a Espana.
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I'm endlessly amazed at how closely they can ride together in the group.
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A peek inside a team bus during the Giro d'Italia. The "crash pad" for Alta VeloCidad's bus is based on this shot and a few other team buses I've found online.
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This is *literally* the moment where the story started taking shape in my head. As I watched Cancellara receive the maillot jaune, I was speaking to my husband on the phone (he was in Italy, I was in the US). When the camera panned out and showed Cancellara on the podium, I said, without thinking, "I want to lick his legs." My husband didn't miss a beat and said "If you can catch him, go right ahead." That moment, combined with the team politics on display by the Astana riders (specifically Contador and Armstrong) led to the creation of 27 Stages.
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Fabian Cancellara's legs as he stands atop the Paris-Roubaix podium after winning the race in 2010.
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This is one of my all-time favorite photos, and even now, looking at it makes me want to write a story for it.
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There is a scene in 27 Stages which was written before I saw this photo, but which mentions a photo Abby takes over her shoulder without even looking, after sensing someone is watching her. When she looks at it later, she finds Federico was in the crowd after all. This is *literally* the sort of image I imagined her capturing.
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Riding in the rain isn't just wet, but cold, too. No wonder they all look so miserable, eh?
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In my next life, I want to come back as a fly so I can spy on the boys in the bus.
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This year's Milan-Sanremo race proved that there is nothing - absolutely *nothing* - I can write which will ever compete with real life. But I will keep trying.
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Cancellara falls to the ground after winning this year's Paris-Roubaix by a bike length.
And there you have them: Thirteen Photos Which Inspired 27 Stages.




Of course, there were many, many more photos than this to inspire me since 2009. I simply can't share them all, though.
















Which is a bit of a shame, really.






















And I know I owe you at least one more pic, so...






















I hope this will do.
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Gilberto Simoni. Cyclist.
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Thursday Thirteen: 13 Photos of Fabian Cancellara

29/3/2012

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This week, I ran a bit late (again) in trying to get a Thursday Thirteen post up. Since I'm a tad pooped, I thought I'd do a quick photo post with a pretty simple theme. After all, I'm coming down to the wire with 27 Stages, and hope to have it wrapped up pretty soon.

So, in the meantime, I hope you'll be entertained with these

Thirteen Photos of Fabian Cancellara

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Fabian training with his RadioShackNissanTrek teammates on the cobbles in Belgium.
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After being hit by another rider while getting a flat tire changed in a feed zone during the E3 Harelbeke race last Friday.
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Moments before stepping up to the second-place podium at Milan Sanremo.
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Waving to the crowd at Milan Sanremo.
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Goofing off at the Tour of Oman last February.
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Off-the-cuff interview in Oman, 2012.
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Racing to the finish in Qatar.
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SSSssssmmmmoooooothhhhhhh.
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Fabian gets a helpful push, post-repair, during the Strade Bianche race in Italy.
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Crossing the finish in Siena, miles ahead of the others (literally).
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Post-race, still covered in the white dust of the Strade Bianche.
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Atop the podium.
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My liege. My king. My Gracious Goodness Me!
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Just, um... Yeah, nothing but gibberish when I try too hard with this one. *ahem*



Needless to say, these are inspiring my story quite well.


















And just in case that wasn't enough eye candy for you (and I'll try to understand if it wasn't, really, I will!)




















One last little tasty bit for y'all who appreciate that sort of thing:

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I hope this suits ya!
Ciao for now!
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13 Random Thoughts From This Morning

30/9/2010

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Wow. What a morning! I got up earlier than usual in order to watch the UCI Men's Elite Time Trial competition live from Geelong, Australia.

Oh, it was sooooo worth it.

My feller - and current Muse - Fabian Cancellara put a total of one minute, two seconds between himself and his nearest competitor, thus winning his fourth gold medal in the Time Trial discipline.  He covered 45.8 kilometers in just 58 minutes and nine seconds.

I couldn't be happier, or be thinking less clearly, as a result.

So this week, I'll have to present to you:

13 Random Thoughts
From This Morning

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1) I can't believe the cat let me sleep this late. (3:00 a.m.)

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2) I can't believe the cat won't let me sleep, now. (3:45 a.m.)

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3) I have the best hubby in the world. (He got out of bed - even though he's sick - to quiet the cat at 4:00 a.m.)

4) OH, CRAP!!! WHAT TIME IS IT???
(5:00 a.m. - The time the internet broadcasts of the race were supposed to start.)
5) Whew! Nothing's on yet. I should check the start times, though, to be sure when to tune in. (5:01 a.m.)
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6) Ah, Fabian's not going to ride until 8:18 this morning. I can get some more sleep in a bit. (5:03 a.m.)

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7) Dang, he's purty. (5:04 a.m.)

8) Oh, heck. I'll go check Twitter and see if anyone's saying anything about the warm-ups, etc. (5:05 a.m.)
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9) WHAAAAA??? Alberto Contador tested positive for Clenbuterol??? No way!
(5:06 a.m.)

10) I'm going back to bed. I don't wanna think about this right now. (5:10 a.m.)
11) Crud. Now I can't sleep. Plot-bunny-plot-bunny-plot-bunny... (5:30 a.m.)
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Photo from UCI Worlds Time Trial Competition in 2009.
12) Woot! It's time! I wish Alle could stay home and watch this with me. Oh well... GO, SPARTACUS!!!!
(8:18 a.m.)

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13) THAT'S RIGHT, BABY!!! WOO-HOOOOOO!!! NUMBER FOUR!!! COUNT 'EM, Y'ALL!!! HEEEEEHEEEEEE!!!! (9:16 a.m.)






And now I gotta calm down.









Gotta knuckle down and get to writing.












Gotta quit writing "gotta".






















And, of course...



















I gotta make with the eye candy.
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one for y'all...
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and one for me (Fabian, post Paris-Roubaix, earlier this year).
Ciao for now! :)
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