Contemporary cycling photography of the great European cycling climbs. Including iconic climbs of the Pyrenees, the Dolomites, the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps. From the Passo Stelvio to the Col du Galibier, the Col du Tourmalet to the Col d'Aubisque. These contemporary photography prints capture the fundamental essence, beauty, and grandeur of these famous mountain climbs, featured every year in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.
It's important to understand that cyclists are fanatics. It comes with the territory. Don't expect them to be normal. For a bike rider, cycling 27km. up a mountain for no apparent reason is normal. They do it for the challenge. They do it because they can, for the thrill of it, for the kudos, for the buzz. For the sense of elation that comes with being in the middle of a landscape so impressive it takes your breath away. To know without a shadow of a doubt, this is a good day, a great day,
Hundreds of thousands of cyclists heed the call of the mountains and head for the French Alps every year, rain or shine. For the famous cycling climbs of the Col de la Colombière in the north to Alpe d'Huez, the Col du Galibier, and the Col de la Bonette in the south. Searching for something more valuable than money, searching for a good day, a great day, a day to remember, a day that counts.
Gifts for cyclists
The French Alps - View
The French Pyrenees are a gift for cyclists. They are a cycling playground, a place to escape from the hustle and bustle, get on a bike, reconnect with nature, and ride. Studies have shown that subjects perform 50% better on problem-solving tasks after three days of active wilderness exposure. Nature turns off the stress responses, lowers cortisol levels, lowers heart rate and blood pressure, and improves immune response.
That is some gift
Welcome to the Dolomites, one of the most beautiful places on earth and a cycling paradise. This is a place of sociability, nourishment, hospitality, enrichment, and the recharging of the soul. Rejuvenation of your molecular structure is currently in progress - Your operating system is upgrading - You will reboot shortly.
Go ride it. Tell me I'm wrong.
The Dolomites - View
The Italian and Swiss Alps are tough guy - tough girl territory. Here is where the men get sorted from the boys, the women from the girls. These climbs are often on a different scale, either in altitude, or length, sometimes remoteness, or all of the above. The only mistake would be not to go.
I am not made for the cage
Italian and Swiss Alps - ViewSet your alarm for well before dawn to climb Mont Ventoux. The heat rises faster than you in the summer months.
You won't be alone. From every direction, riders appear, lights blinking in the soft dawn light before the rising sun.
It's a great time to be alive, don't be late.
Mont Ventoux - View
The Italian and Swiss Alps are tough guy - tough girl territory. Here is where the men get sorted from the boys, the women from the girls. These climbs are often on a different scale, either in altitude, or length, sometimes remoteness, or all of the above.
Due to the immense scale of the mountains - A1 is the recommended print size.
Sa Calobra - The CobraCycling the Sella Ronda is about to get a whole lot better with the introduction of limited traffic restrictions later this summer, followed by the full implementation of traffic restrictions next year. This is long overdue.
Cycling the Sella Ronda - View
You've climbed it - felt it - earned it - Put it on the wall and relive it - every day. They're more than dramatic pictures to adorn your walls.
Heading out under a thick blanket of low cloud, you could be thinking it’s just going to be one of those days. Visibility drops to below 30 meters then 20 as you continue to climb up into the thickest cloud you will ever see. Some days this could be all you’ll ever see, but not today.
Slowly riding out of the enveloping blanket of thick cloud, rounding another hairpin and out into the brilliant sunshine. What was an impossibility day turns into one of the very best days ever.
Answer the call of the wild
Call of the Wild - Limited Editions
Many are calling the Tour de France L’Etape 2026 one of the toughest ever. This is true, believe it. Four legendary climbs: Col de la Croix de Fer – Col du Télégraphe – Col du Galibier – Col de Sarenne. 5,400 metres of total elevation gain across 170 km
These are the hills you will die on
L'Étape du Tour de France 2026 - View
