Sharing victory smiles, Team USA’s Cloe Dygert, center, and Emma White, left, won gold and silver medals, respectively, Monday in the Women’s Junior Individual Time Trial. Anna-Leeza Hull, right, of Australia won the bronze.

Thousands of spectators packed Brown’s Island for the opening ceremonies of the UCI bike races, where students from Richmond Public Schools and surrounding counties carried flags representing the 74 participating countries.

The four co-chairs of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships share the stage during opening ceremonies last Friday at Brown’s Island. From left, Dominion Resources CEO Thomas F. Farrell II, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones and Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

Racers from USA-based Team Pepper Palace Pro tightly wind along Lakeside Avenue in Henrico County on Sunday after the start of the Women’s Elite Team Time Trial.

Jeanne D’arc Girubuntu of Team Rwanda races up Broad Street on Tuesday during the Women’s Elite Individual Time Trial, making history as the first black woman to compete in the UCI Road World Championships. She is the lone female on the Rwandan team.

Injured riders Michael Valgren, left, and Michael Rogers of the Russian Team Tinkoff-Saxo show that competitive bike racing isn’t for the weak or faint of heart. The two fell on the course Sunday after the tires on their bikes touched.

Queen Nzinga, left, and the Rev. Xika Esparza of Afro City Tours protest during last Saturday’s rally on Monument Avenue about the race route showcasing Confederate traitors.

A plane flies above protesters at the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue with a trailing Confederate flag and a misspelled counter-protest message that “Confederate Heros (sic) Matter.”

This is the new look of Richmond’s Farmers’ Market on 17th Street in Shockoe Bottom. Most of the green-topped sheds, fixtures since 1986, are gone, creating a more open space for public events. The remaining sheds allow the 236-year-old market to remain in operation. The shed removal, which cost about $88,000, is the first step in a planned $2.5 million facelift for the market, including the installation of promenades and new landscaping. This photo was taken a few days before the start of the UCI Road World Championships.

Fall branch on crape myrtle in North Side