Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
- By Matthew Beaudin
- Published Mar. 22, 2013
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
'Tis the season. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
The fleet of Orica-GreenEdge machines awaits its riders. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
Argos-Shimano's Bert de Backer adds course details to his bike just prior to the start of E3 Harelbeke. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
Made to measure: The Sky staff tinkers with Ian Stannard's ride. It would later require a last-minute adjustment on the way to the start. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
Waiting for Spartacus to emerge from the RadioShack-Leopard bus. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
Made for a champion: Philippe Gilbert's new bike sports some hard-earned world road championship stripes. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
It's all in the details, as last-minute stickers are added to team cars in a packed Harelbeke side street. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
Spartacus eventually emerged from the bus and made his way to the start. It was as cold as it looked, as the temperature at the start time was just over 40 degrees, though it was much colder in the wind. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
It was a madhouse in Harelbeke this morning, with Belgian fans flocking to the team buses. Riders and team cars squeezed through, one at a time. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
Belgian Tom Boonen, defending Harelbeke champion, topped the bettors' lists this morning. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
Dried fish is a popular snack on race day. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
Start-line Gallery: E3 Harelbeke
The restaurants and bars surrounding Market Square inhaled and exhaled Friday morning. Here, a group of race-day revelers have left their marks. Photo: Matthew Beaudin | VeloNews.com
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Matthew Beaudin
Matthew Beaudin graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder's journalism school in 2005 and immediately moved to Telluride, Colorado, to write and ski, though the order is fuzzy. Beaudin was the editor of the Telluride Daily Planet for five years. He now lives in Boulder, where he joined VeloNews in the spring of 2012. Music. Coffee. Bikes. His dog, Anabelle. That about sums it up. Follow him on Twitter @matthewcbeaudin.
