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3rd Place, Sports Photojournalist of the Year

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Satan’s Velodrome. Leon (right) and Cara Malzinskas from Inverloch, Victoria hold hands as they cross the finish line for the afternoon stage of day three of the race on October 4, 2007. It was the first stage that Cara completed, and it was the first time in the history of the race that a father and daughter completed a stage together.

The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge is a 5-day stage race that travels over more than six hundred sand dunes, across vast salt pan and gibber rock fields during the 580 kilometre course. The cyclists had to battle strong head winds and temperatures that reached over 50 degrees Celsius during the race. Of the 17 riders who took on the challenge, only two were able to finish 100 percent of the course. The riders had to maintain a speed of 12 kilometres per hour or else they disqualified for that stage, but were able to start again at the beginning of the next stage.

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