Paris Roubaix: In Pursuit

Jeremy Lecroq (B&B Hotels) knew a good wheel to latch onto.  When Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) went off the front of the pursuers in search of the duo up the road, only Lecroq had the legs to go with the European Champion.  The duo were using the smoother roads to try and bridge across.

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TDF, Stage 17: Just How Far Back?

It took awhile for the successful break to form today, but once it did it opened up a large gap.  Maxime Chevalier (B&B Hotels), Dorian Godon (Ag2r-Citroen) and Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) were tucked on to the back of the six man group.  The group being led by the Frenchman, Anthony Perez (Cofidis) were being shown that they had just over eight minutes on the main peloton.  Of the six, four were French, all hoping to bring a stage win for their countrymen on Bastille Day.

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TDF, Stage 16: Assistance Required

Toms Skijns (Trek-Segafredo) raises his arm to let the race director know that his team car will be coming up alongside this group to help him out.  The guy on the back, Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) had been doing the same gesture of Skijns, but was now tacked onto the back as he waited for assistance.  Just ahead of Wright is Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels) who is having a great Tour, although neither he, nor his team, have yet to win a stage.  This group is now the lead group on the road.  Since none of them are within twenty-five minutes of the top of the leader board, the peloton was competely disinterested in chasing them down.  The guy on the front is David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) the best placed of the bunch.  He will be moving back up the board, but a top ten is is best hope for the day.  What is surprising is that the sprinters Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) and Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) are in this lead group on a rather lumpy day.  It will be a good chance to close the gap on the Maillot Vert in the sprinters' competition.

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TDF, Stage 11: Chasing Up the Beast

Once the lead group broke free from the tree line on Mont Ventoux these two found themselves having to chase back up to the leaders.  Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels) could see the weather station that marks the summit of the climb.  With that insight that could judge just how much longer they would need to suffer in hopes of getting back on terms.  I don't know if that is an asset or a deficit, however.  I haven't ridden this mountain, but it is on my bucket list.  Not that I am a good climber, but some things just beg to be done.  It was inspiring to see just how many of the fans along the road were in their cycling clothes with their bikes nearby.  It will be a wild mass ride back down the mountain after the race passes by the second time.

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TDF, Stage 3: Needing More

While Ide Schelling (Bora'Hansgrohe) may be wearing the Maillot a Pois he is actually in second place in the King of the Mountains competition.  The leader is Mathieu Van Der Poel who is also in the Maillot Jaune which will always take precedence over any other jersey.  Thus Schelling was out in his third break away in as many days in order to claim just a single point to make his borrowed jersey his.  Joining the Dutchman in the escape were Maxime Chevalier and Cyril Barthe (B&B Hotels) along with Jelle Wallays (Cofidis) and Michael Schar (Ag2r-Citroen).  After Schelling took the single point on the first climb, the Cote de Cadoudel, he dropped back to the peloton in the knowledege that he will hold the jersey for two more days.  The next stages are a flat stage void of any climbs, followed by an Individual Time Trial.

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Dauphine, Stage 7: We Tried

Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels) reached out to salute his erstwhile break away companion, Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo).  The pair fist bumped as the peloton close in.  You may be able to just make out the Movistar lead reduced peloton just around the corner.  While in the break alliances are made, and later broken, but this one seems to have stood the test of kilometers.  They had managed to stay away until the final eleven kilometers to the summit in La Plagne.

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Dauphine, Stage 1: You're Doing Great

Just like many of the Tour de France hopefuls, I like to use the Criterium du Dauphine to test my form as I prepare for the Tour.  Many of the marquee riders will come to this race to see how their preparations are going ahead of the most popular of the three grand tours.  Today it was a four man break that soon became this trio of riders.  Brent Van Moer (Lotto Soudal) drops back from is companions, Cyril Gautier (B&B Hotels) and Patrick Gamper (Bora-Hansgrohe), for a few words of encouragement from his sports director.  Since I paint these works in real time, I had little idea just how prophetic this title might be (but more on that later).

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