Tour Stage Seven: Three Away Today

Once Team Cannondale and Sagan had played out their attack and had the Green Jersey points at the intermediate sprint the peloton backed off to a less manic pace, and when the peloton slows you can count on someone jumping out on an attack.  The surprise was the first attack was from Jan Bakelants hoping to repeat his amazingly successful attack in Corsica when he just held off the charging sprinters and donned the Malliot Jaune for two days.  Gautier of Europcar and another rider from Euskadtel-Euskadei (sorry I never did get his name) bridged across to see if their could win the stage.  Unfortunately for them, Bakelants was only 33 seconds down on the overall and Impey and Orica-GreenEdge were in no mood to give up the Jersey.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that is available at my artist website.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Tour Stage Three: Twisting Stones

The Tour de France always provides amazing scenery and the first visit to Corsica raise the bar considerably.  The western coast contains some amazing pink limestone formations that take their shape from the winds and salt air of the Mediterranean Sea erode these cliffs in beautiful spirals that are complimented by the twisting narrow roads along the coves and bays of the coastline.  This is the five man break that got away from the very first kilometer of the stage.  It was Westra for Vacansoleil that started the break.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that is available through my artist website.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post to get you special piece of the 100th Tour de France.

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