Tour '25, Stage 11: Amongst the French

Obviously, the Tour de France is spent amongst the French both in the race and lining nearly every kilometer of the Grande Boucle.  Marco Haller (Tudor Pro Cycling) was the lone Austrian amongst this five-man group that has gone off in search of the breakaway.  He was attacking with two Frenchmen on one French team, Alexandre Delettre and Matteo Vercher of TotalEnergies and an additional two Frenchmen on another French team, Clement Berthet and Bastien Tronchon of Decathlon-Ag2r-La Mondiale.  Unfortunately for the quintet, they were caught by the peloton not long after I painted this with another 102 kilometers that will bring them back to where they started in Toulouse. 

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The work sells for $99 USD including shipping, but, yes, international shipping is both available and extra. 

"Amongst the French TdF25-67" (Original art by Greig Leach)

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Tour de France 23, Stage 12: Sharing Some Lunch

It seemed odd to find all of Ag2r-Citroen on the front of the peloton with 68 kilometer left in the stage.  Oliver Naesen looks at the bidon offered to him by his teammate, Clement Berther.  The bidon had come from the musette over the shoulder of another teammate on his right-hand side.  I'm sorry I was never able to figure out the name of the guy with the bag of goodies.  On their wheels are relieved teammates from UAE Team Emirates and Jumbo-Visma who don't need to ride on the front for their team leaders, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard respectively.  Those two sit second and first in the general classification.  Those up the road don't effect either of their placings, but perhaps the guys in brown shorts are a bit worried about the placing of their team leader, Ben O'Connor.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $95 USD including shipping, but yes international shipping is both available and extra.

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Tour de France 23, Stage 9: Left Unchallenged

After the effort of getting into the early morning break (well mid-afternoon anyway), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) wasn't going to leave anything to chance.  He had not been challenged over the Cote de Felletin, but he wasn't about to assume he would find the others so agreeable on teh Cote de Pontcharraud.  He went off the front, looking back to make sure no one was about to sprint out of the break away and grap the points at the top.  They did not.  In fact, they left him unchallenged on all but the final climb to the finish atop the Puy de Dome.

He must have been quite happy with Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), Clement Berthet (Ag2r-Citroen), Wout Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) and Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) and the other nine members of the break.  By this point, working together, they had built up a nearly eleven minute gap on the peloton full of all of the favorites/hopefuls of the general classification.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $95 USD including shipping, but yes international shipping is both available and extra.

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