Tour, Stage 7: By a Tire

Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) had put in an amazingly fast sprint, but just ran out of road trying to get the better of Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma).  The Dutchman beat the Australian by the thickness of a tire.  While it went to a photo, Groenewegen was the one throwing up his arm in victory as the swung past the clusters of press photographers.  Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) easily took the third place position making sure to earn more Maillot Vert points than his two closest competitors. In the frame put out of the podium picture were Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) and his teammate Jasper Philipsen -10th and 5th respectively.  That is the third stage win for Jumbo-Visma, meaning only three teams have won at least one stage out of the first seven stages of the Tour.

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Paris Nice Stage 3 Ahead of Some Big Names

The Irish cyclist Sam Bennett (Bora Hansgrohe) had to be very pleased with his sprint victory indeed
Not only had he been guided through the final kilometers by the World Champion and teammate Peter Sagan but he was able to out sprint the likes of Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) - 2nd place John Degenkolb (Trek Segafredo) - 3rd place and Marcel Kittel (Quickstep) - 4th place  Rounding out some of the other top ten placings were Michael Matthews (Sunweb) and Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal)  The mass sprint also meant that none of the jerseys changed hands including the Polka Dots of Romain Hardy (Fortuneo Vital Concept)

I apologize for the lack of punctuation but the gremlins are still denying me periods commas semi-colons and question marks  Perhaps I will devise a work around before the race reaches the Mediterranean Sea

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  It is only $75 USD and international shipping is available.

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Paris Nice Stage 3 Getting Organized

As the finishing town of Chalon sur Saone got ever closer the peloton began to group itself by teams  Coming to the front were the teams of Lotto Soudal and Direct Energie for their sprinters while the teams of FDJ and Sky were simply trying to stay near the front to keep their protected riders out of trouble  Within the final kilometers on a flatter stage everyone wants to be near the front for various reasons to the pace continues to grow and positioning is fought for  Just that action will doom any breaks up the road even before the sprinters' leadouts really ramp up the speed

I apologize for the lack of punctuation but the gremlins are still denying me periods commas semi-colons and question marks  Perhaps I will devise a work around before the race reaches the Mediterranean Sea

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  It is only $75 USD and international shipping is available.

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Paris Nice Stage 3 Against the Odds

After the final categorized climb of the day Ben King (Dimension Data) dropped back to the peloton but the two Frenchmen Pierre-Roger Latour (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Romain Combaud (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) pressed on  With just 30 seconds and still 15 kilometers left to race it was highly unlikely that they would hold off the teams of the sprinters but then nothing ventured nothing gained  The pair held off the chase for much longer than I or the commentators thought possible but the sprinters weren't about to spoil their own party

I apologize for the lack of punctuation but the gremlins are still denying me periods commas semi-colons and question marks  Perhaps I will devise a work around before the race reaches the Mediterranean Sea

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  It is only $75 USD and international shipping is available.

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