Picked up a nice commission to cover the 2016 Track Cycling World Championships held at the Velodrome in Stratford. Five days of action morning and afternoon session.
I came here for the 6 day cycling event last year and prior to that when I covered the Paralympics for the GB team.
I love the venue, pretty easy to get to and once you know the shortcuts to get your way round its a nice place to photograph.
The World Track Cycling Championships is one slick operation that is timed down to the minute. The events follow each other on time.
Through the week the fans are greeted with a wide range of cycling classifications. Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit, Team Sprint, Scratch race, Keirin, Kilo TT, Omnium, Madison to name a few.
I find working on one event over a period of time you need to bring to the table different shots, different angles to keep the images fresh. One of the best ways here is the shutter speeds panning on 1/15th and sometimes lower gives very nice movement to the images.
Women’s Omnium Individual Pursuit Laura Trott GBR 5th March 2015
Men’s Team Pursuit First Round GBR Team 3rd March 2016
Here is a selection of some of my favourite images from the week.
men’s Team Pursuit Qualifying Team France 2nd March 2016
Women’s Individual Pursuit Qualifying Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez ESP 2nd March 2016
Opening Ceremony 2016 Track Cycling World Championships 2nd March 2016
Men’s Scratch Race Final 2nd March 2016
Ground View of the Lea Valley Velodrome. 3rd March 2016
Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying New Zealand Team 3rd March 2016
Women’s Scratch Race Final Laura Trott GBR Gold Medal 3rd March 2016
Women’s Scratch Race Final Laura Trott GBR Gold Medal 3rd March 2016
Women’s Team Pursuit China and Great Briatin 4th March 2016
Men’s Omnium Individual Pursuit Mark cavendish GBR 4th March 2016
Women’s Team Pursuit Finals 5th / 6th Team Australia 4th March 2016
Women’s Team Pursuit Finals Gold Medal USA Team 4th March 2016
Women’s Team Pursuit Finals Bronze Medal GBR Team 4th March 2016
Men’s Points Race Final 4th March 2016
Men’s Points Race Final 4th March 2016
Men’s Points Race Final Gold Medal Jonathan Dibben GBR 4th March 2016
Men’s Points Race Final Gold Medal Jonathan Dibben GBR 4th March 2016
Men’s Individual Pursuit Final Gold Medal Flippo Ganna ITA 4th March 2016
Women’s Team Pursuit Finals Gold Medal USA Team 4th March 2016
Men’s Individual Pursuit Final Gold Medal Flippo Ganna ITA 4th March 2016
Men’s Omnium Mark Cavendish GBR 5th March 2015
Women’s Omnium Individual Pursuit Laura Trott GBR 5th March 2015
Women’s Points Race Final 5th March 2016
Women’s Points Race Final Emily Nelson GBR 5th March 2016
Women’s Points Race Final Emily Nelson GBR 5th March 2016
Women’s Points Race Final 5th March 2016
Women’s Points Race Final 5th March 2016
Women’s Points Race Final Emily Nelson GBR 5th March 2016
Men’s Sprint Semi Final Jason Kenny GBR beats Damian Zielinski POL to go through to the final 5th March 2016
Men’s Sprint Final Jason Kenny GBR wins the gold medal 5th March 2016
Men’s Sprint Final Jason Kenny GBR wins the gold medal 5th March 2016
Women’s Omnium Final Xiao Ling Luo CHN takes a fall 5th March 2016
Women’s Omnium Final Marlies Mejias Garcia CUB takes a fall 5th March 2016
Women’s Omnium Final 5th March 2016
Men’s Sprint Final Jason Kenny GBR
Women’s Omnium Final Laura Trott GBR Gold Medalist
Women’s Omnium Final Laura Trott GBR Gold Medalist
Women’s Omnium Final Laura Trott GBR Gold Medalist
Women’s Omnium Final Laura Trott GBR Gold Medalist
Men’s Madison Final Bradley Wiggins GBR celebrates winning the Gold Medal
Men’s Madison Final Bradley Wiggins GBR celebrates with Mark Cavendish after winning the Gold Medal
Men’s Madison Final Bradley Wiggins GBR celebrates with Mark Cavendish after winning the Gold Medal
The week had some great racing and the GB team did well. Laura Trott, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish, Jonathan Dibben, Emily Nelson were my highlights of the GB team.
The last session was electric with Laura Trott, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish all winning Gold.
Richard Washbrooke Photography Blog 
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