#FREECQ09 Extended Through Weekend & New Website News

We’re delighted by your responses to Issue 09 – thank you for the kind words about the content and our decision to offer a free preview on our website at conquista.cc/freecq09. So…we’ve decided to extend this preview through the weekend, meaning there’s a second chance for anyone who missed it, or wants to share it with their friends. Check out some of the story title pages from Issue 09…

If you like our website – now would be a good time take a good last look at it, because next week we go live with a fantastic new look, featuring new sections and greater interactivity.  More news early next week, until then….

Ciao for now….

Issue 9 Cover

We are just putting the finishing touches to Conquista Magazine Issue 9, which will be published this week.  Here’s a sneaky peek at the cover.  It’s one from a stunning gallery of shots from Brian Hodes from this year’s Tour of Alberta. Check out more of Brian’s work at veloimages.com and give him a follow @veloimages.

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Want more?  Okay – how about some cool shots of Dutch Corner on Alpe d’Huez and a piece on legendary coach Heiko Salzwedel. We’ve even got a piece by Etixx-Quickstep pro rider Martin Velits and a gallery of awesome shots from the South East Asian Games.  

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PS…we are just putting Issue 9 to bed, it will be published next week.  Keep an eye out for it – it’s a cracker…

 

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New Publication Dates

 

We’ve been a little quiet of late, but we’ve not been idle, far from it.  Since we published Issue 8 in August we have been working hard on a number of changes, most of which we will bring to you early next year.

Issue 9 will be published during the first week of December, a couple weeks later than previous editions.  Future Quarterly editions throughout 2016 will be published in March, June, September and December.

 

We thank you all for your loyal support and look forward to bringing you a series of exciting announcements over the coming weeks.  Watch this space…

Thanks to all our contributing photographers

Congratulations to all the winners of the Cycling Media Awards 2015 last night in London, where Conquista was delighted to be once again shortlisted in the category “Best use of Photography”.

We wanted to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to those photographers whose contributions to Conquista Magazine during the last 12 months led to our nomination.  We are only ever able to feature a tiny amount of their work, please go and take a closer look at their websites:

Brian Hodes – veloimages.com

Gianfranco Tripodo – gianfrancotripodo.com

Wei Yuet Wong – weiyuet.com

Tino Pohlmann – t-pohlmann.de

James Cannon – cannonphotography.co.uk

Jack Chevell – jackchevell.com

Dan Monaghan – http://cadenceimages.com 

Cor Vos – corvospro.com

We look forward to continuing to bring you the best in cycling photography into 2016 and beyond.

 

Conquista Magazine shortlisted for Cycling Media Award 2015!

¡Hola Conquistadores!

We are delighted to announce that for the second year running Conquista has been shortlisted for a Cycling Media Award in the category “Best Use of Photography”.  Huge thanks go to those that nominated Conquista, and of course to our supremely talented phalanx of photographers that have once again provided the beautiful and breathtaking imagery for us to share with you.  The awards ceremony takes place tonight in London and we will be there to celebrate being part of this industry and to congratulate all the people who deserve due recognition of their talent and hard work.  Don’t wait up, it promises to be a lively occasion….

¡Hasta luego amigos!

Conquista

VIDEO Interview with Matt Brammeier at Tour of Britain

It was great to see Matt Brammeier back at a bike race.  We met him at the finish of Stage 1 of this year’s Tour of Britain in Wrexham and chatted a little about his typical race-day routine, role within the team, life with Team MTN-Qhubeka and the goals of the team in relation to the Qhubeka Charity.

Return to Tour of Britain – Team Novo Nordisk

MEET THE TEAM…

ANDREA PERON – KEVIN DE MESMAEKER – JAVIER MEGIAS

CHARLES PLANET – DAVID LOZANO – JOONAS HENTTALA

LONDON CALLING…

This time last year Team Novo Nordisk, the pro cycling team where all the riders have Type 1 Diabetes, debuted at the Tour of Britain.  We covered their story in Issue 5 as we met them in Liverpool ahead of Stage 1.  By their own admission it was a baptism of fire.  The young team lacked experience and were nervous of the narrow and grippy roads, the unpredictable weather, the smaller team size (6) and of course the fierce level of competition they would encounter.  They each battled bravely every day, but in the end they held on to come home 19th of 20 teams.

The experience, however, was invaluable.  Five of the same six-man team returned to do battle for the 2015 edition of the race.  More confident and determined to try to animate the race rather than just hold on, the boys managed to improve their overall standing this year.  By the end of the London stage the guys had secured 16th position – a great improvement on last time out on the island.

We had the great pleasure to meet the guys again during the early stages of this year’s Tour and again in the Capital.  Here’s what they had to say about their return to the Tour of Britain.  Take a look at our  TNN slideshow below too.

VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH RIDERS & STAFF…

GALLERY…

Tour of Britain Stage 6 Start in Stoke

Today we joined the start of the Tour of Britain Stage 6 in Stoke and managed to capture a few photos.

Bramm is Back

Today we joined Team MTN-Qhubeka rider Matthew Brammeier, complete with crutches, at the finish of Stage One of the AVIVA Tour of Britain in Wrexham.  This was the first time Matt’s team mates had met him since his horrendous crash at the Tour of Utah.  To a man they were absolutely delighted to see him in such great shape just a few weeks after his +100 kmph collision with a team car.  And not just his team mates, the staff and riders of other teams, as well as general public were all pleased to see him back at a bike race already.  Matt is well on the mend and hopes to be back in the saddle again soon.

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