Dauphine Stage 7: Using the Descent

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) has a reputation of being a gifted descender, a gift he decide to use on the final big downhill of the stage.  He must have figured that Chris Froome (Team Sky) would be nervous after his crash in Stage 6, a crash that left him bloodied and in need of stitches (and not because he was laughing).  Nabali started the day in 6th place around a minute down on Froome's Malliot Jeune and a good head start up the final climb might be just the trick to take over the overall lead.  This is an original small watercolor and ink painting that is 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.  

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Dauphine Stage 7: Over the Top

Yury Trofimov (Katusha) went on the offensive on the Col de la Forclez, he was the first over the top of the climb and the first to ride out of France into Switzerland.  Katusha has been wrapping up their trip to the Dauphine very nicely having grapped two stage wins, one going to Trofimov just three days ago.  It looks like the plan was to make it three wins at the end of the day.  While he picked up maximum points in the King of the Mountains competition, Alessandro De Marchi padded his lead on the earlier climbs of the stage (prior to TV coverage) pretty much insuring his holding the Polka Dot jersey through the final day of racing.  This is an original small watercolor and ink painting (4"x6") that could be yours by visiting my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting, just follow the direct link at the end of this post to get your piece of the 66th Criterium du Dauphine.  And yes, I do ship anywhere in the world.

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Dauphine Stage 7: Little Help

The penultimate or Queen Stage of the Criterium du Dauphine feature way to many climbs with two Haute Catagorie climbs inside of the last 18 kilometers of the 160 kilometer day.  Once they break away hit the penultimate climb up the Col de la Forclez, the cohesion broke up and the strong men went on the attack.  Cyril Gautier (Europcar) had an ill timed mechanical throwing his arm up for help as Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) went over the top of the Frenchman to catch the wheel of Johan Alaphilippe (OPQS) trying to follow the attacking front of the break away.  This is an original small  watercolor and ink painting that measures 4 inches by 6 inches and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from Jack Richeson Company, www.richesonart.com.  This painting is available for purchase through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To buy on this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post to get your piece of the 66th Criterium du Dauphine. 

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