Milano-Sanremo: From the Outset

Milano-Sanremo is the longest of all of the Spring Classics, in fact of all of the one day races on the pro calender.  This group of eight had gotten away at the very start of the race.  As they made this turn, Samuele Rivi (EOLO-Kometa), Filippo Tagliani (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Artyom Zakharov (Astana Qazaqstan), and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) had been off the front of the peloton for 189 kilometers.  With another 104 to go they had a sizeable gap of seven minutes on those behind.  With so much yet to go it did seem unlikely that they would be able to stay away, but it was well worth the effort to give it a try.

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Tour Down Under, Stage 2: From the Back

Jason Lea (UniSA-Australia) did well to get himself back into the early break of the day.  With the only King of the Mountains points coming at just 26 kilometers into the stage, he needed to be off the front if he wanted to hold his new won polka dot jersey.  He took the maximum points at the top of Checker Hill, and then left it for his break away companions to fight out the sprint points.  Artyom Zakharov (Astana) took the first sprint, so Jaime Castrillo (Movistar) tried to attack from the back to get the jump on the Kazahk in Springton.  Alas, Zakharov was too quick for the Spaniard in the second intermediate sprint as well.

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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