Grenoble Cycling Pages Desktop Wallpapers
The Grenoble Cycling Pages have been online since 1999, and over that time, I have taken hundreds of photos. This page is dedicated to some of my favourite photos, that have been resized to be used as a desktop wallpaper. There are two sizes available, 800 by 600 for smaller screens, and 1024 by 768 for larger screens.
If there is a photo that you feel should be added here, please let me know. On Windows XP using Internet Explorer 6.0, to add the photo as your wallpaper, open the image and then right click and choose the 'Set as Background' option. Other operating systems may differ.
The wallpapers have been broken down into the following areas.
The
Races : The Alps : The Vercors
: Mont Ventoux : Grenoble
Guide to Wallpaper
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Lance Armstrong in the 2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Photo taken during the Montélimar to Pierrelatte individual time-trial. |
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Lance Armstrong in the 2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Photo taken on the Col de Joux-Plane on his way to win in Morzine. |
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Jonathan Vaughters in the 2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Photo taken on the Col de Joux-Plane. |
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Médéric Clain and Franck Renier in the 2003 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Photo taken on the Col du Galibier with five kilometres of climbing left. |
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Michael Boogerd in the 2002 Tour de France Photo taken on the Col de la Madeleine after Boogerd had broken away, and rode to stage victory in La Plagne. |
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Alpe d'Huez Photo taken halfway up the most famous climb in the world on an autumn evening. |
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Balcon de Belledonne, Belledonne range Photo taken on the mountain road between Allevard and Uriage. |
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The Col du Galibier in November Photo taken on the Col du Galibier at dawn in November. |
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The Col du Granon, high Alps Photo taken near the summit of the 2,413 metre Col du Granon, with views towards the Ecrins massif above Briancon. |
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Col d'Izoard Photo taken of the marker at the top of the 2,360 metre Col d'Izoard. |
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Col du Lautaret Photo taken from the first kilometres of the Col du Galibier, looking down on the 2,058 metre Col du Lautaret. |
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Col de Sarenne Photo near the summit of the 1,989 metre Col de Sarenne. |
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The Grand Goulets, Vercors Photo taken under the final metres of the Grand Goulets looking in the direction of Pont-en-Royans. |
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The Grand Goulets, Vercors The Winding road and rock tunnels in the Grand Goulets. |
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Mont Ventoux, the windy mountain Photo taken with a kilometre left to ride to the summit. |
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Grenoble, capital of the French Alps Photo taken from Port de France, looking at the old town and the Isere, with the backdrop of the Belledonne mountains. |
The
Races : The Alps : The Vercors
: Mont Ventoux : Grenoble
On a computer that is provided with a desktop kind of user interface, wallpaper is the background pattern or picture against which desktop menus, icons, and other elements are displayed and moved around. A wallpaper image can be in a JPEG or a GIF file format. Wallpaper is commonly used in Microsoft Windows, Macintosh Mac OS, Linux, and in other operating systems as well. Each operating system provides several pre-installed wallpapers images for the user to choose from. A user can also choose to download and install third-party wallpapers and use one of these instead.
Typically, a wallpaper image may be centered, stretched, or tiled. When an image is centered, it is placed in the middle of the desktop and is surrounded by a solid color. When an image is stretched, it is stretched to cover all of the desktop. Only certain images can be stretched or they look distorted. An image that is tiled is placed on the desktop much like tiles are placed in a shower or a tiled floor. Tiling is commonly used for patterns instead of photos because a pattern is one square image that repeats itself across and down the screen, effectively forming a single image.
Adding different wallpapers to you computer allows you to change the background image of your desktop.