2012 Sports Photos in Review: Sports and nature

The peloton races along a country road at sunrise during stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic mountain bike team stage race in the Overberg region of South Africa, 29 March 2012. The Cape Epic is the premier multi day stage race in the world and sees 1,200 cyclists riding in pairs over 780km and climbing more than 16,300 meters, twice the height of Mount Everest over eight days of racing. [Photo/CFP]

The start of the 2012 Ironman World Championship in the waters of Kailua Bay, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA, 13 October 2012. The 2.4 mile open ocean swim was the first leg of the race. [Photo/CFP]