Sport Photography

Marcel Kittel, Giant-Shimano in Yellow Jersey, Tour of Britain 2014

Marcel Kittel, Giant-Shimano in Yellow Jersey, Tour of Britain 2014 Stage 2 departs Knowsley en route to Llandudno – Photo By Simon Kirwan 2014

Bradley Wiggins & Team Sky, Liverpool, Tour of Britain 2014

Bradley Wiggins & Team Sky, Liverpool, Tour of Britain 2014 – Photo By Simon Kirwan

Bradley Wiggins Tour of Britain Stage 8 Finish, Liverpool 2008

Bradley Wiggins riding for Team Columbia, Daryl Impey and LPR Brakes’ Danilo Di Luca, winner of the King of the Mountains competition, Tour of Britain Stage 8 Finish, Liverpool 14.09.2008 – Photography By Simon Kirwan


Chris Boardman Corima Bike Hour Record 1993

On 23rd July 1993 Chris Boardman broke the Hour World Record by cycling 52.270km in 60 minutes at the Velodrome du Lac in Bordeaux, France. Riding this French-manufactured Corima bicycle,now on display at the Museum of Liverpool, he became the first person to break though 52 km, beating Scotsman Graeme Obree’s record set just six […]

Mark Cavendish Wins Sprint, Southport Tour of Britain 2007

Mark Cavendish riding for T-Mobile wins sprint at Southport in 2007 Tour of Britain – photo by Simon Kirwan

Cycling Bealach na Bà, Wester Ross, Scotland

Cycling Bealach na Bà, Applecross Peninsula, Wester Ross, Scotland – Photo By Simon Kirwan – approaching hairpins at top of Bealach na Bà, the Pass of the Cattle, which ascends from sea-level to 2054 ft in about 5 miles, the 3rd highest road in Scotland and the greatest ascent of any road climb in the […]


Juventus fan, 2003 UEFA Champions League Final

Juventus fan, 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Old Trafford, Manchester United FC – Photo by Simon Kirwan

Lance Armstrong & Alberto Contador Tour de France Paris 2009

Lance Armstrong, riding for Team Astana on his Damien Hirst custom bike, and Alberto Contador in the yellow jersey, Tour de France 2009, on the circuit of the Champs Elysees and Rue de Rivoli in Paris – Photo by Simon Kirwan

Tour of Britain Stage 2: Leigh Howard Outsprints Mark Cavendish

Tour of Britain Stage 2: Leigh Howard of Orica-GreenEdge Outsprints Sky Pro Cycling’s Mark Cavendish on Stage 2 from Nottingham to Knowsley Safari Park, Liverpool – Photo By Simon Kirwan


Bradley Wiggins, Daryl Impey & Danilo Di Luca, Tour of Britain 2008 Stage 8 Liverpool

Bradley Wiggins riding for Columbia-High Road, Daryl Impey, riding for Barloworld, & Danilo Di Luca, winner of King of the Mountains jersey, riding for LPR Brakes, Tour of Britain 2008 Stage 8 Liverpool – photography by Simon Kirwan

Malcolm Elliott CandiTV-Marshalls Pasta Halfords Tour Series 2009 Southport

Malcolm Elliott, riding for CandiTV-Marshalls Pasta at the Halfords Tour Series 2009 in Southport – photo Simon Kirwan. Legendary British road race cyclist Malcolm Elliott won 2 Gold Medals in the 1982 Commonwealth Games, won the Milk Race as an amateur and the Tour of Britain as a professional, won three stages and the points […]

Dean Downing, Rapha-Condor, Halfords Tour Series Southport 2009

Dean Downing, riding for Rapha Condor-Recycling UK, at the start of Halfords Tour Series Stage 6 Southport 2009 – photo by Simon Kirwan


Everton in the Community – Single Positive Futures

Ashleigh & Omar play football at a Single Positive Futures event at Dingle Vale, Liverpool, organised by Everton in the Community – photo by Simon Kirwan for Home Office magazine Inside Track

Alberto Contador, winner of Tour de France 2009, Paris 26.07.09

Alberto Contador of Astana, winner of Tour de France 2009, on the circuit of the Champs Elysees at Rue de Rivoli in Paris 26.07.09 – photograph by Simon Kirwan www.event-photographer.co.uk 2009