Giro Final Day: Everybody Still There?

With Omega Pharma Quickstep driving the whole peloton through the streets of Brescia the guys on the front want to make sure the train is in order and Mark Cavendish is still on board.  Cannondale has lined up behind them, taking the ride and waiting to launch their sprinter.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard and can be yours by going to my artist website and adding it to your shopping cart.  Why not look at all of the art at the site?  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Giro Final Day: Turning the Train

After 200 kilometers of chatting, celebrating and saying farewell the peloton arrived in Brescia.  With a single victory lap for Team Astana and Vincenzo Nibali it was time to race.  Omega Pharma Quickstep came to the front ramped up the speed and set about the task of delivering Mark Cavendish to the line.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that can be yours by going to my artist website.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Giro Final Day: Roses with the Maglia Rosa

I admit it, I am taken with the beauty of Italy.  So many of the traffic circles and islands are gloriously planted and festooned with public art.  Here the Astana driven peloton swings into Brescia slipping through these islands of roses.  The last of the day's traditions is to let the team with the leader's jersey to enter the town and take the first lap of the finishing circuit as a victory lap.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that can be yours through my artist website.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Giro Final Day: Time to Celebrate

Another last day tradition is reserved for the team that has the winning jersey, the champagne.  Sometimes it is poured in the team car and glasses are passed around inside the car and to the entre team, Astana went a little less formal and drank from the bottle.  The team worked its heart out for Nibali, while he wears the Maglia Rosa, it is a team victory.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard and it is available for sale at my artist website.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post, but hurry, you know everyone will want this image.  Well every Italian, Nibali and/or Nibali fan at least.

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