With the riders starting at three minute intervals on the top end of the General Classification, they have some time behind the start gate to talk with each other. All have spent time getting warmed up, timing their muscles optimum performance point to their start time, some will wear a game face keeping to themselves others are much more open. Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R) sitting just 2 seconds behind his countryman, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), reached out to the young man in the Maillot Blanche (covered by an ice vest) to wish him well in the coming test. The two were confident that they would both end the day on the podium for the ride into Paris, it was just a question of who would be in second and who would be in third. This is a small original watercolor and ink painting that is available through my artist website at
www.greigleach.com. It will be part of the soon to be self published complete collection of my paintings and writings of the 101st Tour de France, "Book de Tour." To learn more about the book project, to pre order your copy, or to discover how to become part of bringing this race to print, please visit
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/book-de-tour. There are some great rewards for those who choose to pledge their support starting for as little as $5 USD. Everyone who backs the project will have their name in print on the Special Thanks page of "Book de Tour". If you would like to purchase this particular painting, just follow the direct link at the end of this post, but don't you want a copy of the book? Of course you do!
http://www.greigleach.com/large-view/Tour%20de%20France%202014/2408552---199992/Painting.html#.U9QXpsvD_IU
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