The joy of winning etched in Tim Barry’s face was captured brilliantly in this shot by Karen M Edwards. Barry is of the Irish scene; a domestic amateur team manager now in the big leagues. And he and the others at Aqua Blue Sport – riders and staff alike – are on top of the world at this Vuelta.
Photographer Karen M Edwards inside Aqua Blue Sport
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Irish photographer Karen M Edwards was on hand yesterday to capture the magic of Aqua Blue Sport’s stage win on the Vuelta.
Stefan Denifl lit up the race; claiming stage 17 from an early breakaway after fending off a late challenged by Alberto Contador.
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The stage was a climber’s day over 180 kilometres. It finished on top of the super steep Alto de Los Machucos climb in the northern reaches of Spain.
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Team own Rick Delaney said the team was on a high and absolutely thrilled to win.
“To be honest, this has been a very emotional day,” he said after watching on as one of his charges won the day.
“Not in our wildest dreams did I think that we could have won a stage in our first Grand Tour.
“Just to be here, participating and to do what we did today. The conditions that we did it in, the last seven kilometres, it was like going up a wall.
“To see our name and Alberto Contador and Chris Froome chasing us and not catching us. I mean it was just surreal.
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“I think it shows you the self-belief here in this team. Let’s call it like it is, we don’t have the best riders in the world and the guys have raw talent.
“I don’t know what it is on this team but staff, riders everybody just seems to work. We get 150 per cent when we should only get 100 per cent.”
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