Photo Gallery: Cyclo-cross, haute couture fashion, heroes of cycling’s golden age, and a couple of Belgian beers… who would have thought they’d mash together so well? Our talented photographer, John Thomson, has assembled his most expansive collection yet from his overflowing files for your enjoyment. Take it away John…
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John Thomson: “This ‘Crossistas and Fashionistas’ photo gallery includes shots from my 2022 Belgian cyclo-cross trip to Ruddervoorde, Maasmechelen, the Koppenbergcross and the European Championships in Namur. Street style shots from the Paris Fashion Week SS23 shows, beers, kids, dogs, a pigeon and some scans from my French cycling magazine collection round out the gallery. A special gallery with the Koppenbergcross pictures will be done for the end of the year. And a big thank you to a few kind and generous Flemish families who helped me out with rides at a few of the races that were not the most public transit accessible. And of course a big thank you to Al and Richard!”
Who needs the three tenors when you have PFP riding her Pinarello Crossista at Namur? Pauline Ferand-Prévost for France at the 2022 European Championships
Fashionista arriving at the Calzedomania show at Paris Fashion Week
Lars drives the final metres up the Koppenberg on his #2 Trek. Lars van der Haar winning big at the Koppenbergcross 2022 in Oudenaarde. And a big thanks to Lars for wearing somewhat clear lenses on his ski goggles for one of my favorite shots of my whole trip. More pictures from the Koppenberg to come!
I’m sure the guy at far left is the bodyguard for these dazzling ear hoops at Louis Vuitton outside the Louvre
Michael Vanthourenhout had his biggest win ever at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Michael on the big screen with one last look behind before becoming European Champion
Iris Law at Dior at the Tuileries Garden
The great Louison Bobet as world champion
Leonie Hanne at Victoria Beckham
Line Burquier for France riding to 2nd place on her gorgeous purple Canyon at the 2022 U23 European Championships at Namur
Bella Hadid tries to calm the crushing mob after the Vivienne Westwood show as the Italian paparazzo in the foreground tries to explain himself with hand gestures. Lots of fun!
Carden King here riding the 2022 Superprestige Ruddervoorde in the juniors has a cool website!
Even lowly street photogs are sometimes allowed into the shows as long as they crouch down beside the pro runway photogs and stay out of the way. Like I did at the beautiful Shang Xia show at the Place de la Concorde
Fem van Empel drives through the field after a 2nd lap bike change at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Fem van Empel going on to win the 2022 European Cyclo-cross Championships at Namur
Kate Davidson Hudson at Elie Saab
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado at the 2022 Cyclo-cross World Cup at Maasmechelen and got a beautiful win at the Jaarmarktcross in Niel on November 11
Breathtakingly cold Belgian beauty on an uneven table in Paris
Cat Ferguson riding to 4th for Great Britain in the juniors at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Beautiful at Dior
Annemarie Worst battled through a knee injury at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Arrival at Calzedomania show
More Carden King at Ruddervoorde 2022 just because he was my favorite rider to shoot at Ruddervoorde
Ami and Aya arriving at Chanel at the Grand Palais Éphémère
The headline says it all. Photo: Le Miroir des sports
Fausto Coppi with Giulia Occhini, Photo: Le Miroir des sports
Delicious Dame blanche in Bruges
Akris model
Felipe Orts at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Karlie Kloss at Stella McCartney at Le Centre Pompidou
Marianne Vos as world champion at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Awesome at Elie Saab
Spaniard Felipe Orts got 6th at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Spanish legend Luis Ocaña in yellow at the TDF. Photo: L’Equipe Cyclisme magazine
Beauty at Balmain
Traveling to cyclo-cross races in Belgium can be very glamorous
For Junya Watanabe at Palais de Chaillot
Akris models after the show
Fem van Empel got the win at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen. Here leading Shirin van Anrooij (3rd) and Puck Pieterse (2nd)
Fashionista at Saint Laurent
Pim Ronhaar got 5th at the 2022 U23 European Championships at Namur
White suit and orange shoes at Palais de Tokyo
Léo Bisiaux for France won the junior race at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Alexandra Daddario at Dior
Henri ‘Napoleon’ Anglade had a crash at Mas d’Azil in the 1960 Tour de France and finished in 8th place overall in Paris. Photo: Le Miroir des sports
Henri Anglade passed away at the age of 89 on Thursday November 10, 2022. Here in a picture after his crash at the 1960 Tour. Photo: Le Miroir des sports
Models at Louis Vuitton at the Louvre
Eli Iserbyt won the 2022 Superprestige Ruddervoorde
Amber Valletta at Victoria Beckham
Joris Nieuwenhuis got 4th at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Château de Namur
Gorgeous mint at Giambattista Valli
Emiel Verstrynge for Belgium won the 2022 U23 European Championships at Namur
At Louis Vuitton
Who’s a good dog at Namur?
Model after the Zimmerman show
Sanne Cant as Belgian champion at the 2022 Superprestige Ruddervoorde
Dior model running for her ride to the next show
Laurens Sweeck won the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Emily Ratajkowski after walking the runway at Miu Miu
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado riding to 2nd place at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Beautiful model posing after the Gauchere show as a couple of fellow photogs partake in the background
The podium of the junior women at the 2022 European Championships at Namur. Valentina Corvi for Italy (2nd), Xaydee Van Sinaey for Belgium (3rd) and Lauren Molengraaf for the Netherlands (1st)
Beautiful at Giambattista Valli
View over Namur
Cha Eun-woo at Dior
The crowd let out a huge roar every time he passed by battling back from a crash. Quinten Hermans got 7th at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Relaxing after the Gauchere show
Namur kids
Arrival at Chanel at the Grand Palais Éphémère
Food for a day on the Citadelle de Namur
Princess Charlene of Monaco at Akris. Peter Sagan has been appointed Ambassador of the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation
Some retro Peter Sagan love. Here at Strade Bianche 2018 and Tour of Flanders 2016
Sparkling in the Paris sun
Thibau Nys got 2nd at the 2022 U23 European Championships at Namur
Sara Sampaio at Calzedomania
Ben Stokes for the USA juniors at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Great hair at Palais de Tokyo
Victoria Swarovski at Giambattista Valli
A delicious Leffe Brune in the wrong glass at Namur
I was a bit starstruck when I took this shot of Jerry Seinfeld walking on the sidewalk outside the Centre Pompidou after the Stella McCartney show. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
A beautiful summer day to watch a race in Ruddervoorde in almost November
Beautiful white at Calzedomania
Thibau Nys wins the 2022 U23 World Cup Maasmechelen
Zita d’Hauteville at Dior
Terhills Hotel in Maasmechelen
Clara Honsinger as US champion got 8th at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
I was crouching down beside the runway photogs at the Junya Watanabe show
2022 junior world road race champion Zoe Bäckstedt battles back after a crash for 5th at the 2022 U23 European Championships at Namur
One of my favorite shots is of Anna Wintour after the Chloe show. Running backwards and shooting and knowing that if I fell, this refrigerator of a security guy would crush my girly man body. Lots of fun!
Andrew August got 4th at the 2022 juniors World Cup Maasmechelen and would win on the Koppenberg at the weekend
In the Paris sun
Toon Vandebosch got a top 10 at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Message hosiery at Calzedomania
Toon Vdb after the race in Maasmechelen
My eurotrash guilty pleasure on the TV in my Antwerp hotel room. Brigade antigangs (1966) is a French-Italian film directed by Bernard Borderie. Pierre Clémenti of Belle de jour (1967) and The Conformist (1970) stars
Gorgeous and smiling Léna Mahfouf greets a fan at Vivienne Westwood as the security guy keeps a close eye on things
Puck Pieterse got 2nd at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Fashionistas at Valentino
Laurens Sweeck got 3rd at the 2022 European Championships at Namur and nice wins at the Superprestige Niel and GP Beekse Bergen in November
Supreme jacket and vintage movie camera at Botter
Rebecca Gariboldi for Italy got 12th at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Diane Leyre, Miss France 2022 at the Leonard show at Paris Fashion Week
Luke Verburg for the Netherlands at the 2022 U23 European Championships at Namur
Doja Cat and bodyguards
Annemarie Worst at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Leonie Hanne at Miu Miu
Antwerp beer
US junior champion Magnus White at the 2022 World Cup Maasmechelen
Beauty at Victoria Beckham
Judith Krahl for Germany got 11th at the 2022 U23 European Championships at Namur
Chiara Ferragni at Schiaparelli
Kevin Kuhn for Switzerland got 5th at the 2022 European Championships at Namur
Rushing to the airport after the Louis Vuitton show
Confessional at the amazing Saint Saviour’s Cathedral in Brugge. What would you tell the priest?
This poor guy had a broken leg on the steps of the Musee d’Orsay. And I’m too big of a Mathieu and Raymond fan to mention pigeon pie
No Mathieu van der Poel at the early season races, so I got a bit nostalgic. Some retro MvdP love here at Essen 2016 and Overijse 2019
Raymond Poulidor won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1966 and 1969. Still the greatest name ever for a bicycle race. Photo credit: Le Miroir des sports
A beautiful smile after the Elie Saab show
There was some criticism of the course in Maasmechelen but as a photog it was awesome racing. I know gravel racing is the new thing but cyclo-cross has definitely not gone to the dogs. This guy gave two paws up for a beautiful cross to watch
# A big thank you to John Thomson for yet another great and varied collection. There will be another very soon. #