The new 12 months is almost upon us which implies entries are virtually closed for the 2025 Mark Gunter Photo Awards. In the three weeks for the reason that competitors started, we have had all method of wonderful images are available – breathtaking landscapes, intimate portraits, gripping motion photographs; you title it. In this gallery we’ll function a number of the photos that caught our eye over the previous week, from the Professional class, and the Amateur & Smartphone classes.
If you are simply listening to in regards to the Mark Gunter Photo Awards for the primary time, this is what it’s essential to know. Now into its tenth 12 months, the Awards are a celebration of the lifetime of revered Australian biking photographer Mark Gunter who tragically misplaced his life to oesophageal most cancers in 2015. The Awards additionally rejoice the perfect biking images of the 12 months that is been, whereas elevating funds for Australian most cancers charity Tour de Cure within the course of.
If you’ve got acquired some images you’d wish to enter into the competitors, we would like to see them! Just head to Mark’s web site for all the pieces it’s essential to know. Entries shut at 11 pm on Sunday January 4, 2026 (AEDT).
Before we dive into this week’s gallery, make sure to take a look at the week one and week two showcases if you have not already.
Professional class
The picture reveals the Italian girls’s workforce moments earlier than the workforce pursuit on the 2025 European Track Championships in Heusden-Zolder (Belgium). What I like in regards to the image is that it reveals dedication, workforce spirit, and emotional readiness – a second when togetherness builds confidence simply earlier than the decisive effort on the observe. | Photo by Marcel Hilger (@marcelhilger)I considered the opportunity of this pic on Friday however there have been a a lot of “ifs”. If there may be an incredible crowd, if the rider is above the group, if it is not raining or foggy … I attempted it on the primary lap, appeared on the outcome … completely missed it! But I discovered a small hole within the crowds because of a child and determined to alter my plans to remain another lap and check out once more. You’ve simply seen the outcome – this pic made my day! | Photo by Geoffrey Tiercelin (@Yefrifotos)After a grueling, mud-soaked World Cup race in Terralba, Lucinda Brand steps into the harbor waters amongst moored boats, rinsing off the remnants of cyclocross chaos in a scene as uncooked as the game itself. | Photo by Gaëtan Flamme (@gaetan_sportpic)This is likely to be one of many solely – if not the one – entry that is shot on movie. Expired movie even, however that does not appear to have an effect on the picture fortunately. Starting in Al Plan di Mareo is the gravel highway of your desires. Winding via meadows stuffed with cows, in between large mountains and rock partitions it goes up with a mild gradient. But if you hit the Refugio Pederü issues change rapidly: large rocky gravel, gradients that go as much as 20%; however the views are price it. Pictured right here is likely one of the first steep switchbacks of this gravel move, whereas the Pederü refugio is within the background. The smooth afternoon mild makes the mountains much more magical and dreamy. | Photo by Merlijn Spenkelink (@Merlingraphy)Paris-Roubaix Junior Seth Jackson finishes his first try at this gruelling race and heads over to the well-known bathe block to calm down and ponder what had been. | Photo by Phil Crow (@philcrowphoto)I really feel that my model as a photographer stems from rising up skateboarding and capturing skate images. On the best way to fulfill up for a journey, I rolled previous this early morning mild shining beneath the freeway, and it caught my eye. It jogged my memory of an previous skate picture taken by a photographer I’ve all the time admired. I went again the next morning, across the similar time, to shoot it with a buddy of mine. It seems like an ode to that photographer, whereas additionally being an ode to skateboarding. | Photo by Josh Becker (@mybucketsgottaholeinit)Ollie Smith falling at Deadman’s Corner, a traditional Tuesday evening London Criterium, with some difficult corners, like this. | Photo by Mark James (@markovichjames)Riders transfer via the Stormberg area throughout Gravel Burn 2025, South Africa. Dust, distance, and rugged terrain outline the course because the race cuts throughout distant landscapes and native boundaries. | Photo by Paul Danse (@gansepaul)The peloton defying wind and rain through the sixth stage of La Vuelta Femenina. | Photo by Eloise Mavian (@eloisemavian)I did not take this image by likelihood. Lay awake. Left early. Rang the doorbells of strangers. Waited six hours. Held it for a fraction of a second. Rue Lepic turned Rue Épic. | Photo by Jasper Jacobs (@jacobsjasper)
Amateur & Smartphone classes
On day two of our journey alongside the Tian Shan traverse in Kyrgyzstan, we tackled the notorious Djuku Pass. We camped by the lake within the picture, on the backside of the ultimate climb. As we had our breakfast, we may see what lay forward of us. The path was steep, the boulders had been massive and jagged, and our bikes had been loaded with 5 days’ price of meals, which made for a somewhat enjoyable morning of hike-a-bike. The views on the prime had been properly price it. | Photo by Alan Danby (@alandanbyphoto)Behind the scenes at Road Worlds in Rwanda, Magadeleine Vallieres has not realized but that she is the brand new world champion. | Photo by Yves Perret (@yves_perret)I used to be cheering for some associates on the Sea Otter Europe gravel race when I discovered this spot creating some stunning distinction between shadows and lights. Tiffany Cromwell’s Australian champion’s package matches completely on this picture. | Photo by Iván Rodríguez (@rodrig_ivan)The terrain even takes out the elites in Antwerp. | Photo by Saskia Martin (@saskiacmartin)(Smartphone picture) Kinda anticipated this journey on a mid-April day in Southern Norway to be bland and uninspiring. Then I opened my eyes and fired up the telephone cam. Even in gray, misty, soggy, low-light situations, good photographs are on the market! | Photo by Mik SteggerPulling a giant flip within the 20-lap Scratch Race. Anna Meares Velodrome, Australia. | Photo by Mat Gilfedder (@matgilfedder)I had fully psyched myself out of capturing at Muddy Hell. I don’t ever shoot with flash, and it’s a good schlep to probably stroll away with nothing. I went understanding it will be an incredible night, that I’d see associates (or at the least spend many of the night making an attempt to work out what they had been dressed as) and within the data that if I didn’t begin someplace with flash I might by no means be taught. | Photo by Alex Rout (@agr9)I like that the rider is smiling coming round flip three on the Gateway Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. | Photo by Daniel Singer (@dansingerphotography)Almost hidden by the enormous mud cloud, I shot Pogačar’s rainbow on the final second whereas he was racing Strade Bianche on sector 5 in Lucignano d’Asso. | Photo by Alessandro Federico (@alefederico_sport)Silhouettes of cyclocross riders climbing a frozen part of the course, surrounded by spectators through the Cyclocross World Cup in Tabor. | Photo by Tomasz Śmietana
