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The 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon

29 images Created 5 Mar 2010

The Bombay Project - Reportage on India's first international cycling road race. Dubbed the Mumbai Cyclothon. Held in February 2010.
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  • Participants wait at dawn in the holding area at the start of the 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon citizen festival ride - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • a sea of 7,500 participants illuminated under a single spotlight wait at dawn in the holding area at the start of the 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon citizen festival ride.  Reebok  provided the yellow hemat freebies for all participants. - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • A group of participants dabbed on the forehead with colorful tika dots (a Hindi blessing) and topi hats prepare to start of the 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon festival ride - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • Start of the 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon mass ride - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • Participants stream out of the starting gate of the 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon festival ride - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • Security officer mans position along course of 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon mass ride - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • Team India - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Officials struggle to contain the crowd and media frenzy as one of India's most famous movie stars (Salman Khan--the Sly Stalone of India) prepares to ride an honorary lap around the 2010 Tour of Mumbai UCI circuit  - India
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  • An Indian team rider warms early along the Arabian Sea for the 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon mass ride for children - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • Young cyclist, start of the 2010 Mumbai Cyclothon mass ride for children - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • Race Director David McQuaid (L) and John Gloster (R) chat final logistics and sync their radios before the start of the UCI race - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Indian development team riders discusses their race strategy prior to start - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Spectators line up a viewing spot for the 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Media - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • VIP tent and (President of the India Cycling Federation, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Center) watch on as JJ Haedo took the overall race win and $50K cash prize- 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Event could provide future employment opportunities - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Race security official signals that riders have passed fist the UCI circuit's first U-turn - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Crowd witnesses India's first international cycling event - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Young fans take a rest in the shade from the midday heat on a quiet stretch of the  UCI course - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • Bell lap - 2010 Tour of Mumbai Cyclothon - India
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  • A lunch delivery man in Fort, Bombay. Commonly known as a Dabba-Wallah--he is one of thousands of others who are responsible for the distribution of 200,000 lunch boxes daily, monsoon or shine, with an error rate of 1 in 6 million--You can see the luch box sacks covering steel lunch containers hung along his bicycle - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • An egg delivery man (r), his boss (l) and a factory worker (background) in a back alley on Modi Street near Gulshan Haircutting Salon.  Again, a classic double top tube Hercules utility bike is the steed of choice for overburdened jobs like this- Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • Modi street's best bicycle mechanic, Akram, pull 7:30 am to 10 pm days repairing a steady stream of utility bikes. Akram fixes an average of 25 flats per day and his father's 3-man shop rebuilds/repairs 40 wheels per day in total.  This photo was taken at the end of a particularily long day - Bombay/Mumbai - India
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  • One of Akran's clients, a bread deliveryman, picks up his bike late at night after his taco-ed front rim was repaired. Fort Market - Bombay, India
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