Tour Stage 7: Attacking the HIll

Once all of the members of the early break had been caught, the job for Cannondale was to go up the penultimate climb of the day, the Cote de Maron, as fast as possible.  Their plan was to drop as many sprinters as possible in hopes of getting Peter Sagan his first stage victory in this Tour de France.  While he has an 80 point lead in the Maillot Vert competition, he as yet to be the first wheel across the line.  Other teams had other ideas, you can count on Team Europcar to be aggressive, most particularly their team leader, Thomas Voeckler.  He got a quick gab on the lower slopes of the small hill, checking over his shoulder to see if their was any reaction to his attack.  This is a small original watercolor and ink painting that is available through my artist website, www.greigleach.com.  It will be included in my soon to be self published collection of my art of the 101st Tour de France, "Book de Tour".  To learn more about the book project, to pre order your copy, and to possible get involved in bringing this race to print, please visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/book-de-tour  Their are some excellent reward incentives at a wide variety of backing levels starting as low as $5 USD.  If you would like to purchase this particular painting, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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