AP PHOTOS: Photographer gives Tour de France fans a face (The Associated Press)

Associated Press photographer Laurent Cipriani has been covering the Tour de France since 2011, taking hundreds of pictures to tell the story of cycling’s biggest race. On the passenger seat of a press motorbike, Cipriani started shooting fans in 2013, when Tour organizers celebrated the 100th edition of the race. ”Spectators become actors, they write their own story, the story of an ephemeral world in which we are the spectators,” Cipriani said.