The big news at the start of today's stage was that the race would end one day early. Organizers decided to cancel the stage through the streets of Nice to help curtail the spread of the Corona Virus. Additional the Bahrain McLaren team decided to leave the race and Tejay van Garderen pulled out in order to be able to get home before the banning of flights out of Europe being allowed to land in the USA. These are strange time. I am painting this race about ten days behind the actual racing, so I know what these guys are only guessing at. All that being said, I will now go back to writing about this race in an "as live" manner.
Today's stage was rather hilly and marks the penultimate stage of Paris Nice now. While the Maillot Jaune has over a minute on his nearest competitor the other GC positions are all very close together. This is the back of the early break. Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) took the chance to chat with Winner Anacona (Arkea-Samsic) as he rolled to the back of the group after his turn on the front. Just ahead, Anthony Perez (Cofidis) recovered a bit before it was his turn to do his part on the front of the group.
This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available though my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of this post. Since it is an original it is first come first served. The painting was created using Yarka St Petersburg watercolors from Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 plus shipping. And yes, international shipping is available.
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