Vuelta, Stage 10: Leading Them Down

In the catagory of "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain Merida) attacked the peloton near the summit of the final climb in hopes of using his descending skill to gain time on the Red Jersey of Chris Froome (Sky), unfortunately, others were able to stay with the flying Italian, so the plan just didn't work.  As the reduced group hit the bottom of the climb, it was Nicolas Roche (BMC) who lead them through the final turns.  Roche was able to surprise the regrouped peloton that had declared a truce and gain almost half a minute on all of his general classification rivals.  Sneaky!

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  It is only $75 USD and international shipping is available.

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Vuelta, Stage 10: Who's Coming?

After a rather long break, I'm back.  I watched the Tour and the first week of the Vuelta, but I have just today picked up my pen and brush to paint racing again.  I needed the break.  But I did miss the thrill of painting the racing as well as being more connected to the world wide cycling community.

So with the first rest day of the Vuelta completed and my rather longer rest months done, it is time to paint (and race) again.  Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data) attacked on the final climb of the stage.  He is looking back over his shoulder in hopes of being joined by some of the others in the early, rather large, break of the day.  One should always be careful of what you wish for.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  It is only $75 USD and international shipping is available.

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