Volta Catalunya Stage 3: Flying Across the Line

Team Katusha had worked hard chasing back the break, put riders on the front in the cross winds, and finally used Daniel Moreno to chase down the last attacks he could, all for their leader, Joaquim Rodriquez.  So when Chris Froome attacked and Contrador, Quintana went after him it was up to Rodriquez to catch them all and take the stage victory in honor of his team's hard work.  The convincing win (notice no one else is even in site), beating the closes competitor, Contrador, by  seconds was more than enough to let him pull on the leader's jersey and spray the spectators with Champagne.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that is available at my artist website, www.greigleach.com.  Or for this painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Volta Catalunya Stage 3: The First to Attack

Once Kevin Reza (Europcar), the last of the early break was picked up, it was time for the counterattacks to start.  The first out of the group was another Europcar rider, Pierre Rolland.  His move was quickly covered by Andrew Talansky (Garmin Sharp) and although you can see him behind Andrew, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana).  This attack was watched carefully by the faithful lieutenant of Roaquim Rodriquez, Daniel Moreno (Katusha).  Katusha had worked way to hard for the Spaniard to let anyone steal the stage he had marked as his.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that is available from my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  For this painting follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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