Day two of the Tour saw the break form in the first kilometer of racing for the second day in a row. The group swelled to seven once Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) got across to the group containing, Blel Kadri (AG2R), the American Matthew Busche (Trek Factory Racing), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis), Davide De La Cruz (NetApp Endura), Amindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Seche) and Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar). All of these guys saw this stage with its nine categorized climbs as a great opportunity for the break away to succeed, at the very least as a chance to take over the KIng of the Mountains Polka Dot Jersey. Estimates of the crowds along the roadside of Stage 1 ranged from one to two million people and from the start it looks like the 201 kilometers from York to Sheffield would top those numbers easily. This is an original small watercolor and ink painting created using Yarka St. Petersburg Watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from
www.richesonart.com. This painting is available through my artist website at
www.greigleach.com and will be included in my self published "Book de Tour (learn more about early orders and backing opportunities at
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/book-de-tour. To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.
http://www.greigleach.com/large-view/Tour%20de%20France%202014/2397098---199992/Painting.html#.U7nASs_D_IU
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