Tour, Stage 15: Easy as Pie

This evening while photographing these watercolors I started laughing out loud.  It struck me that I had named this piece "Easy as Pie" and then thought that this is Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott).  Now what amused me was the thought of the nursey rhyme, "Simple Simon was a Pie Man."  Well, I thought it was funny.  Yates had the time to get his kit just so for the photographers as he claimed his second mountain top finish in this year's Tour.  Yates is the only other rider besides the Maillot Jaune to have one a second stage.  I believe that leaves us at thirteen different stage winners in fifteen stages, and still no clear indication on who will wear the final Yellow Jersey in Paris in a week's time.

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Tour, Stage 15: Playing for Keeps

The final climb of the day up the Foix Prat d'Albis was proving to be the challenge that was expected.  The next to go on the offensive was Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) hoping to repeat his stage win from the day before.  He did not, but he did move himself into fourth overall.  Glued to the Frenchman's wheel is Egan Bernal (Ineos) in his Maillot Blanc of Best Young Rider.  This was an attack that the Maillot Jaune, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) had to respond to.  Behind Bernal's teammate, Geraint Thomas was starting to recover on this climb.  Alaphilippe looked to be letting the gap go.  He does have over two minutes to play with, but he surely doesn't want to give up a second of his advantage.  Stuck on the Frenchman's wheel is Emaunel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) doing his best to climb the mountain and the general classification.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available though my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Since it is an original it is first come first served.  The painting was created using Yarka St Petersburg watercolors from Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 plus shipping. And yes, international shipping is available.

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Tour, Stage 15: Stretching the Elastic

With two guys up the road, Lennard Kamna (Sunweb) could feel the elastic stretching to the breaking point as Mikel Landa (Movistar) kept going on up the final climb, the Foix Prat d'Albis.  Landa had come from the peloton so it could be argued that his legs were fresher than Kamna who had been off the front for 178 kilometers.  I should point out that Landa's yellow race numbers designate that his team, Movistar, is leading the team competition, a lead they reclaimed yesterday on the Tourmalet.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available though my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Since it is an original it is first come first served.  The painting was created using Yarka St Petersburg watercolors from Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 plus shipping. And yes, international shipping is available.

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