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.

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Dauphine, Stage 6: Breaking the Race Apart

While I understand that broadcasters only have so much time in the schedule to show all of the great events going on around the world, I sure wish I could have seen the battle that took place on the climb of the Col de la Madeleine.  Plus, that is a very beautiful climb when watch on a video screen (although I do hope to ride up it someday).  On the way up, Romain Bardet (Ag2r) hatched their plan that they hoped would put him into the Yellow Jersey by the end of the day.  Bardet took two of his teammates with him in the attack, Jan Bakelants and Mikael Cherel.  The other rider who was looking to get the jump on the peloton was Fabio Aru (Astana) who had the able assistance of his teammate, Luis Leon Sanchez.  Sanchez is encouraging Bakelants to push the pace to their mutual benefit.

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Volta Catalunya Stage 1: Trying to Pull a Sneaky One

The title for this little painting is a quote from one of the broadcasters on www.cycling.tv as he was referring to this late attack by these three in the last kilometer of the final climb.  They, Mikael Cherel (AG2R), Wilco Kelderman (Belkin Pro Cycling) and Romain Hardy (Cofidis) were hoping to be able to use the fast descent into the costal town to stay away from the peloton.  It was looking good for the three until two of them goofed a turn in a roundabout at the base of the hill.  Kelderman got the direction right, but it only delayed the nearly sure fire catch by the peloton and the sprinters.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that can be yours by visiting my artist website at www.greigleach.com or for this particular painting, you could just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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