Showing posts with label Giulo Ciccone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giulo Ciccone. Show all posts

Monday, July 17, 2023

Tour de France 23, Stage 15: "I Like those Polka Dots"


Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) had lost his lead for the Maillot a Pois yesterday, but was still wearing it on loan from the Maillot Jaune wearer, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).  Since he is in yellow, Powless in second has the right to wear the polka dots.  Sitting a little bit behind the two that were tied at the top of the King of the Mountains competition was Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek).  As they reached the first summit of the day, the Col de la Fordez de Montain, Ciccone lead out the sprint for the points still on offer. (Alaphilippe and Lutsenko had already gone over the climb).  Since it was a category one climb, Ciccone took six points and Powless four.  However, the four points was enough to put Powless back in the lead on the road.  It also moved Ciccone closer to the erstwhile tied leaders in the King of the Mountains competition.

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Monday, May 21, 2018

Giro, Stage 15: LIttle Help

As the break away group reached the top of the Passo Tre Croci, Nico Denz (Ag2r La Mondiale) reached out to a soigneur for Katusha-Alpecin to get a bidon.  Kindly, the soigneur obliged.  The teams, racers and team personnel spend a lot of time together traveling around the world during the season.  I am sure they all get to know one another, and realized they are all doing something very unique and extremely difficult.  There is considerably more displays of sportsmanship that meanness during a grand tour, than in almost any other athletic competition.  Along with Denz, his teammate Mikael Cherel, Dayer Quintana (Movistar) and Giulo Ciccone (Bardiani CSF) were hoping they would be in the break away that stayed clear to the end of the stage.  It didn't.

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.

Apparently, my website has decided not to let me load images today.  If you are interested in this painting, please email me at greigsart@gmail.com.  All payments can be routed through PayPal for your security, and mine.