Tour Stage Seventeen: Climbing Hard

Nairo Quintana was again in his element, climbing up step mountains at incredibly fast speeds, and used this to try and strengthen his hold on the White Jersey of the best young rider.  In the end he lost about 10 seconds of his 4 minute lead over Michal Kwiatkowski, but solidified his standing in the overall GC.  Traditionally, Columbian and Spanish cyclists have not done well in time trials, today they held 2nd through 5th in the stage placings.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard and is available for purchase at my artist website.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post to get your piece of art of the 100th Tour de France.

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Criterium du Dauphine Stage One: 10 Minutes in Hand

This is the first of my paintings of the Criterium du Dauphine, and this, of course, is the break away of the day.  As in most every stage of the Giro, a small group of riders jumped away from the peloton almost as soon as the racing began.  The group of four is made up of Veilleux of Europcar, Damuseau of Argos-Shimano, Bideau of Team Bretagne and Ambroa of Euskatdel/Euskadi.  The break got over ten minutes on the peloton before it realized that no one yet had the yellow jersey.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard created using cake watercolors, brushes and paper from www.richesonart.com they make fabulous supplies at great prices.  This work, and all of the paintings that I will be doing of the Dauphine, will be available for purchase through my artist website.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post.


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