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Lennon masters cycling’s long and winding road

SJA Awards 24/03/2014What does it take to win the Photographer of the Year prize at the BT Sport-sponsored SJA British Sports Journalism Awards?

BRYN LENNON, the Brighton-based cycling photographer with Getty Images, pictured right after receiving the SJA’s Ed Lacy Trophy for his brilliant specialist portfolio, was acclaimed on Monday night by the photography judges as having “a total view of the sport, with strong images, presenting a great set of 10 with a surprise on every shot”.

Here’s some of Lennon’s portfolio to illustrate that judgement

Elinor Barker leads team mates Katie Archbald, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott during qualifying for the women's team pursuit on day one of the 2013 European championships at Apeldoorn in the Netherlands
Elinor Barker leads team mates Katie Archbald, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott during qualifying for the women’s team pursuit on day one of the 2013 European championships at Apeldoorn
The final stage of the 2013 Tour de France arrives on the Champs-Elysees
The final stage of the 2013 Tour de France arrives on the Champs-Elysees
The Tour of Oman last year, the start of a gruelling year on the road for the pro cyclists, and to a large degree the photographers like Lennon, and the rest of the media
The Tour of Oman last year, the start of a gruelling year on the road for the pro cyclists, and to a large degree the photographers like Lennon, and the rest of the media
Cameraman Lennon captures brilliantly the complete exhaustion of two riders, Jean-Christophe Peraud (left) and Romain Bardet after the recover after the 120-mile eighth stage of last summer's Tour, from Castres to Ax 3 Domaines
Cameraman Lennon captures brilliantly the complete exhaustion of two riders, Jean-Christophe Peraud (left) and Romain Bardet after the recover after the 120-mile eighth stage of last summer’s Tour, from Castres to Ax 3 Domaines
Another brilliant and beautiful racing image by Bryn Lennon, of Britain's Chris Froome, in the individual time trial, with Mont Saint-Michel in the distance
Another brilliant and beautiful racing image by Bryn Lennon, of Britain’s Chris Froome, in the individual time trial, with Mont Saint-Michel in the distance

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