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• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Tom Nicholson, France
• Date of Photograph
  27 July 2025
• Website
  http://www.tnicholson.fr
• Instagram
  tnicholsonphoto

Tadej Pogacar - riding for UAE Team Emirates and wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey - grimaces during heavy rain as he cycles up Rue Lepic on the Butte de Montmartre in Paris, France, during the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race on 27 July 2025.

Tom Nicholson is a British freelance photojournalist based in Paris, photographing news and features.

He studied BA Photojournalism at the London College of Communication where he graduated with a First Class Honours. He then worked from London for eight years, and was a stringer for Reuters news agency.

Since 2019, Tom was based part time in Lebanon, covering stories in the Middle East. He is now based in Paris, France, where he covers daily news as well as foreign assignments.