Giro Day Eleven: Chasing the Move By Sky

Team Sky had the enviable position of being able to play two different cards against the contenders for GC rankings.  Most of the Giro hopefuls are most concerned about Bradley Wiggins and thought that Team Sky would be riding for him when they went to the front of the peleton and drove the pace on the final climb.  However Wiggins began to suffer on the climb so Rigoberto Uran jumped from his pace making position and attacked the peleton.  The contenders looked around for Wiggins and then hesitated when he was at the back of the group.  Once Uran had a good gap other teams that were close to him on GC took up the pace making, but it was to late, he was gone.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that could be yours by visiting my artist website.   Just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  But hurry, you wouldn't want someone else to get your painting.

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Giro Day Four: DiLuca's Late Attack

Daniello DiLuca had a rough break in yesterday's stage crashing on the last descent of the day and shearing off his rear derailleur and losing two and a half minutes.  So while the peleton was watching Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins he jumped out and stormed off, a few tried to go with him but they couldn't hang.  He quickly passed Sylvain Georges and stormed off through the driving rain in hopes of a victory akin to Paolini's that placed him in the Maglia Rosa.  In the true heartbreaking style of the peleton, he was caught with less than 500 meters to the line.  But he was able to gain time on many of his rivals, most notably Wiggins.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard and is available for sale on my artist website, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Giro Day Four: Forming Another Break

One thing that frequently happens in the peleton is that when a break away is caught another group will jump out almost immediately.  This is so common that the peleton will often leave a group out front just to prevent others from giving it a go.  Here Marco Marcato of Vancansoleil leads a group of five on another attempt to surprise the peleton.  The second rider is Sylvain Georges who came close to pulling of the surprise.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard.  I will be creating a grouping of prints from this series at the end of the Giro.  If you would be interested please leave a comment so I can get an idea of the level of interest.

This painting is sold.