Giro d'Italia Stage 12: Driving for Every Second

With the roads trying out, double stage winner, Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) was able to post a time under 58 minutes over the 41.9 kilometer hilly course.  Realizing that he was close to taking over the stage lead, Diego pushed himself to his limit and managed to take over the lead by 50 seconds.  The problem with the Time Trial is that the rider with the best time has to wait as each subsequent racer crosses the line to see if his time will stand.  This also takes away the victorious arms in the air salute unless of course the best time is placed by the Maglia Rosa (the last rider on the road).  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard (4"x6") that is available for purchase through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  For this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Giro d'Italia Stage 12: Getting Around His MInute Man

In a Time Trial, each rider leaves the start ramp in one minute intervals, until the last ten riders go, then it is three minutes between rider starts.  If one rider overtakes another, they must not draft or even get near to each other, obviously it the road is full of twist and turns that can be difficult to achieve.  After hitting a couple of turns together, Dario Cataldo (Team Sky) finally managed to swing wide on a corner to get around Alberto Losada (Katusha).  Cataldo went on to post an excellent time just nipping out Thomas De Gendt (OPQS).  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard (4"x6") that is available for purchase through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  For this particular painting you can follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Giro d'Italia Stage 12: Down Shifting

Stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia was the first of two Individual Time Trials, a race where each rider goes alone against the clock.  The stage winner is the one who covers the course in the shortest amount of time.  While all of the riders cover the same section of roadway, there is no control over changing weather conditions.  It was raining hard when Thomas De Gendt (OPQS) became the new race leader moving into first place of all of the riders who had finished before him by five seconds.  The time trialists are followed by their team cars with their Director Sportives yelling time breaks and encouragements either through a loudspeaker or into the radio in their ear.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard (4"x6") that was created using Yarka St.Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com  Also, this painting is available for purchase through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  Or you could just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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