Today we announce the winners in the RoadCyclingUK photo competition.
We received hundreds of entries from talented snappers in RCUK’s online community, who sent pictures of bikes, riders, races, and landscapes, among others.
The 10 winners named below will receive prizes from the likes of Balint Hamvas, Dromarti, Endura, Human Race, Hammer Sports, Muc Off, Southern Sportive, Velopress, and Vulpine.
Many thanks to all who took part.
Category one: the Rural Landscape
Prize: four tickets and ferry crossing to the Southern Sportive IOW Riviera
Tracey Laird’s winning entry is a picture taken from a viewpoint on the climb to the Superbagnères ski resort in the Pyrenees
Category two: the Track
Prize: a pair of Dromarti track mitts, with crochet back and Nappa leather palm
William Harrod’s winning entry is a picture of riders warming up on the track at Meadowbank
Category three: the Urban Landscape
Prize: lightweight, showerproof Harrington jacket by Vulpine
Duncan Manuel’s winning entry is a picture taken on his morning commute through Brixton, south London
Category four: ‘Cross
Prize: Cyclo-Cross 2011/12 coffee table photo book by Balint Hamvas
John Taylor’s winning entry is picture of defending champion, Paul Oldham, in the Rapha Super Cross series at Broughton Hall, Lancs
Category five: the Bike
Prize: Muc Off ultimate bicycle cleaning kit
Simon Connellan’s winning entry is a picture of Bradley Wiggins’ rear wheel taken as Wiggo warmed up for the Col d’Èze time trial at Paris-Nice
Category six: the Club
Prize: Prendas Ciclismo Thermolite hat, winter gloves, and 2013 Les mémoires du peloton calendar
Andrew Tombs’ winning entry is a picture of a veteran fan of Exeter Wheelers
Category seven: the Climb
Prize: free entry to the Hammer sportive in Devon’s notoriously hilly South Hams area
Dom Horton’s winning entry is a picture of his brother near the summit of the Col du Tourmalet
Category eight: the Sportive
Prize: two entries to the Etape Cymru from Human Race
Marco Misticoni’s winning entry is a picture of more than 12,000 riders on the start line for the 2012 Nove Colli Gran Fondo
Category nine: the Seasons
Prize: Photon jacket from Scottish cycle clothing company, Endura
Mark Blakeley’s winning entry is a picture of a rider on a leaf-strewn road in autumn
Category ten: the Road Race
Prize: Merckx 525 coffee table book, published by Velopress
Ross Dymock’s winning entry is a picture of Bradley Wiggins leading Mark Cavendish up a climb from Dumfries in the 2012 Tour of Britain