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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.

Photos Rot-Weiss Essen won lower rhine Cup 2020

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):

On Sunday 19 July, the Hoppegarten racecourse in Brandenburg held its third race day. Eleven races took place. Only 1,000 people took part due to the Corona restrictions. According to the racetrack: 750 paying spectators and 250 owners, officials and employees.

Highlight of the race day was the Hoppegartener Steherpreis. The list race over 2,800 meters was endowed with prize money of 12,500 euros. The winner was the French jockey Lukas Delozier with the four-year-old grey stallion Quian from Hornoldendorf Stables. Second place went to Andrasch Starke on Ida Alata from Hof Iserneichen Stud. Third place went to Bauyrzhan Murzabayev on “All for Rome” from the Höny-Hof Stud.

According to the race track, there were six local winners in the races on the race day on July 19, 2020. The coaches Jan Korpas (with Killer Bee and Blue Dream) and Roland Dzubasz (with Valanca and Tanzania) were successful twice each. Eva Fabianova (with Fascinating Lips) and Friederike Schloms (with Gina’s Flight) celebrated one victory each. A special anecdote: Bob Hanning (manager of the Füchse Berlin handball club in Berlin), who comes from Essen, made his cantering debut as co-owner. He sent the three-year-old thoroughbred gelding, Paul Drux, into the race and immediately took fourth place.

20 random photos of Gallop races Hoppegarten 19. July 2020 from our picture agency (more under the link below):

Marcel Kittel was a former German professional cyclist. At a young age he first focused on athletics, but then followed the call of cycling. The sport was not unknown in the family. Already his father Matthias Kittel was successful on the bike as vice GDR champion in the two-man team in 1983. At the age of 14 years Marcel Kittel changed the sportive profession and joined the RSV Adler Arnstadt in 2002. Already in 2005 and 2006 he won the junior world championship in individual time trial (Salzburg and Spa-Francorchamps). In 2007 he joined the Thüringer Energie Team where he competed in the Thüringen Rundfahrt alongside Tony Martin.

Marcel Kittel career in the junior sector

He slowly and successfully approached the elite. In his first year he became German champion in the U23 class in the individual time trial. He repeated this success in 2010 and even more: Marcel Kittel became U23 World Champion.

Despite bad luck with his injuries he got the chance to ride for Team Skil-Shimano from 2011 on, which was called Argos-Shimano from the 2012 season and Giant-Shimano from 2014. He rewarded this trust with 17 victories in the 2011 season (including a stage Tour de Langkawi, four stages Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, ProRace Berlin, four stages Tour of Poland, one stage Vuelta a España). With this he set a record. It was the most successful season of a new pro in the history of cycling.

Marcel Kittel Career with the pros

In the 2012 season, Marcel Kittel won 13 UCI races and he made his debut in the Tour de France, but had to retire during the fifth stage due to a gastrointestinal infection and knee pain. In return, he came back in 2013 all the more impressive and won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France in Bastia, Corsica, in a mass sprint, thus becoming the 14th cyclist from Germany to wear the yellow jersey. As if that wasn’t enough: Three more stage victories followed, including the final stage on the Champs-Élysées. The reward for his efforts: He was named German Cyclist of the Year and Sportsman of the Year by Thuringia. He also received this award in 2014 and 2017.

A steep career: In 2014 he also successfully rode the Tour de France with four stage victories but had to pass in 2015 due to a viral infection. In 2016 (in Team Quick-Step) he continued his old successes. Marcel Kittel won the classic Schelderprijs for the fourth time and also trumped at the Giro d’ Italia. The coronation followed in 2017: He won five stages of the Tour de France, including the second stage from Düsseldorf to Liège. He considered the green jersey to be the best sprinter until stage 17, when he had to abandon the Tour due to a crash. Kittel signed a contract with cycling team Katjusha for the two seasons 2018 and 2019, but was unable to continue his old successes.

Nevertheless, it came as a surprise for many: On August 23, 2019 Kittel declared the end of his career as a racing cyclist. He now wanted to take more care of his family. His most important successes:

14 Stages at Tour de France
4 Stages at Giro d’Italia
1 Stage at Vuelta a España
5 × Scheldepreis

20 random photos of Marcel Kittel from our picture agency:

“A world championship of superlatives with an outstanding Emma Hinze” was the title of our in-house cycling magazine turus.net. And yes: Many had already seen the nimble German track cyclist Emma Hinze from Track Team Brandenburg on their screens and she once again confirmed her skills on the track at the UCI Track World Championships 2020 in Berlin and impressed the worldwide track cycling community. In 2018 and 2019 she already won bronze in the team sprint together with Miriam Welte before in 2020 she rode to the top in sprint, team sprint and keirin. Three times gold meant three times world champion. Very strong.

Career in the junior sector

She started her career in Hildesheim (where she was born) at the RSC Hildesheim (2006-2011). Afterwards she rode for Blau-Gelb Langenhagen (2012-2013) and RSV Stelzenberg (2014) before she changed to the traditional cycling club RSC Cottbus in 2015. The first successes in the junior sector were already seen from 2014. Together with Doreen Heinze, Emma Hinze became European Junior Champion and World Junior Champion and set a new German record with her colleague. Even in 2015 nobody could stop Emma Hinze at the European Junior Championships. But also not at the Junior Track World Championships 2015 in Astana (Kazakhstan). She received honors as the best young athlete (among others from the state of Brandenburg). It was here that she laid the foundation for her great success among the track cycling elite five years later: She became three-time Junior World Champion in team sprint, sprint and keirin. Together with Pauline Grabosch she set a new world record in team sprint.

Emma Hinze: Photos of the elite track cyclist — HINZE Emma: UCI Track Cycling World Cup 2018 – London

Career at the Elite

Of course, the jump into the elite was the consequence and there too she distinguished herself from the beginning. Already in 2016 Emma Hinze won her first title: She became German champion in the Keirin. At the 2017 World Cups in Cali and Los Angeles she got a taste of the podium, but did not make it with fourth place and sixth place in the sprint. Only in the fifth World Cup round in Minsk she won the team sprint together with her junior partner Pauline Grabosch. From that point on the successes started. At the 2018 European Track Championships she won the bronze medal in team sprint together with Miriam Welte at the 2019 World Championships and her first individual medal in November 2019 in Minsk when she won the Keirin competition at the track World Cup. Her reward: the award as Sportswoman of the Year of the State of Brandenburg.

Here our selection of Emma Hinze photos from her whole career included a special photo shooting 2020. You can find many more pictures in our picture database. The link below the picture preview.

20 random photos of Emma Hinze from our picture agency:

Peter Sagan is an extremely successful professional cyclist from Slovakia who has been active for the cycling teams Dukla Trenčín Merida (2009), Liquigas / Cannondale (2010-2014) and Tinkoff (2015-2016) and currently (since 2017) rides for the German team Bora-hansgrohe. Peter Sagan was the first cyclist to win the Road World Championship three times in a row: 2015 in Richmond, Virginia, (United States USA), 2016 in Doha (Qatar) and 2017 in Bergen (Norway). He has also won classics such as Paris-Roubaix, Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders.

Peter Sagan has established himself more and more as a sprinter over the course of his career, winning numerous spectacular stages in circuits such as the Tour de France, the Vuelta a España or the Tour of Poland, and has been on the podium several times as the wearer of the green jersey (including seven times in the Tour de France). At the 2016 Olympic Games he took part in the mountain bike race, but only finished 35th after a defect.

From the most important highlights of the cycling career of professional cyclist Peter Sagan, we at the photo agency frontalvision.com provide over 1,000 photos for direct download and use. Here a short selection, more under the link below to the photo collection Peter Sagan.

A federal road (B1) many faces and above all many names. In the heart of Berlin, in the Berlin districts of Mitte and Friedrichshain, lies today’s Karl-Marx-Allee, named after the philosopher and social theorist Karl Marx. Built around 1700, it was given the name Große Frankfurter Straße before it was renamed Stalinallee together with Frankfurter Allee on December 21, 1949 (Josef Stalin’s 70th birthday).

Although the name Stalinallee only lasted a full twelve years (after the de-stalinisation in the Soviet Union in 1961 it was again separated into Karl-Marx-Allee and Frankfurter Allee), this was one of the most formative periods, especially in the field of East Berlin architecture. After all, Stalinallee was the showpiece project of the East German reconstruction program after the Second World War. The Stalinallee was developed in three construction phases by the architects Hans Scharoun, Hermann Henselmann, Hartmann, Hopp, Leucht and Paulick. Within a very short time, apartments (the workers’ palaces), a sports hall, cafés and a cinema (the Kino International) were placed.

The first phase of construction concentrated on the concept of a decentralized “collective plan” for the redesign of Berlin, which envisaged a loosely structured development. This was to be implemented with so-called “living cells” (e.g., Wohnzelle Friedrichshain) consisting of so-called porticoed houses. The architect was Hans Scharoun. But the concept was soon abandoned for ideological reasons and the two pergola houses were left to their own devices, thus heralding the second construction phase.

The second construction phase followed the style of socialist realism, with architecture very close to the Soviet style (for example, the Lomonossow University in Moscow and the Palace of Culture in Warsaw). Richard Paulick, Hanns Hopp, Karl Souradny and Kurt W. Leucht were chosen as the architects of the development plan.

Stalinallee in East Berlin photos 1949 to 1961 — **Architects**

In 1951, the high-rise building on Weberwiese was completed and was the prototype after the rest of Stalinallee was created. The architectural style went down in history as “decorative regional historicism”. The second construction phase also includes the one for the III. World Festival of Youth and Students in only 148 days 1952.

The hall was closed in 1969 due to structural damage and finally demolished in 1972. Still in the second construction phase the design of the Strausberger Platz began.

The third construction phase symbolizes the departure into modernity and, especially today, still unites important buildings such as the cinema building Kosmos, the Café Moskau, the Kino Internation or the Mokka Eisbar and the Hotel Berolina.

In our photo collection Stalinallee we present selected photos of all construction phases: from the construction of the Stalinallee to the move-in and the use of the building:

A Lost Place worth seeing and much photographed directly in the Berlin area is the former lung sanatorium Grabowsee, located directly (as the name suggests) at the Grabowsee in the district of Oberhavel in the German state of Brandenburg. Founded in 1896 as a sanatorium for pulmonary tuberculosis by the German Red Cross as an experimental facility, it performed its services with 420 beds in numerous buildings until the Second World War. After the discovery of antibiotics with which tuberculosis became curable faster, the plant was used less and less.

After the Second World War, the Grabowsee sanatorium was used as a Soviet military hospital until the mid-1990s. Since 1995, the 34-hectare site has been (almost) left to its own devices and has become a hotspot for photographers and filmmakers. The dilapidated buildings and facilities (administration building, Robert Koch Building, East Building, Hans Böhm Building, South Building, treatment building, reception building, connecting corridors, chapel, director’s residence, gatehouse, doctor’s residence, civil servant’s residence, chimney with elevated tank, gardener’s house, seawater pump house and garden facilities) offer almost endless possibilities to stage the fascination of this lost place.

Our professional photographer Arne Mill visited the Grabowsee sanatorium in 2020 and staged it with a photo series from which we offer 399 photos in our picture agency for direct private and editorial use. Amongst other things, many artistic classics such as the lonely piano, sofas, ghosts, graffiti, old corridors and crumbling staircases are included.

Take a look for yourself. Here is a short foretaste. Via the link below you get direct access to our photo collection “Heilstätte Grabowsee”:

Holidays in the GDR looked more diverse than one might think. Even if travelling to “western” countries was not possible, the German Democratic Republic and countries like Bulgaria or Hungary offered many recreational opportunities.

Whether it was a holiday at the Baltic Sea, for example at the beach of Warnemünde, at the lakes of the Mecklenburg Lake District or around Brandenburg and Berlin, but also in the many beach resorts of the republic, actually everyone got his money’s worth. Not to forget the trips to Thuringia (Thuringian Forest), to the Erzgebirge or to Saxony in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. There was something for everyone.

On the topic “Holidays in the GDR” we have put together a series of unique recordings for you.

The Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop (until 2008 Rund um den Henninger-Turm, sometimes called the Frankfurt Grand Prix in English; in 2010 Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt) is a semi classic cycling race around Frankfurt am Main. The road race on forst of May 2014 over 202 kilometres start in Eschborn and ends in Frankfurt.

Eschborn-Frankfurt is a road cycling race that has been held since 1962. Along with the Cyclassics in Hamburg and Rund um Köln, it is one of the most important one-day races in Germany. Traditionally, the race always takes place on 1 May.
The 2013 race was won by Simon Špilak ahead of Moreno Moser and André Greipel.