Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 6, You Got This

With just eight kilometers left in the sixth stage (the final road stage), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) was in a powerful position.  He had a 20 second lead on most of the peloton and had two teammates, Oscar Gatto and Daniele Bennati in the break with him.  However, he wasn't the only one with two teammates alongside.  Race leader, Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-Quickstep) had two men in blue at his side, previous stage winner, Fernando Gaviria, and Matteo Trentin.  The other two managing to connect to this elite escapees, were the former World Champioin, Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quickstep) and the man second overall, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC).  It was beginning to look like the stage winner was going to come from this group.  Sagan's teammate, Gatto, reached out to Sagan as the World Champion swung to the back of the group, perhaps to make sure the sprinter had enough to take the stage given the opportunity.

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Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 6: Picking Up Points

Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) traded in his rainbow jersey for the red of the points leader for Tirreno-Adriatico.  With just an Individual Time Trial on the final day tomorrow, he was doing his best to ensure that he would take the overall Magila Rosso.  Sagan and his teammates Daniele Bennati and Oscar Gatto sprinted out from the peloton to grab the points and bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint.  Plus with the sprint line and the finish line being the same, it was a good chance to check out the finish and how they wanted to race it at the end of the stage in Cepagatti.

This is a small original watercolor and ink painting that was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watecolors and Steve Quiller brushes both from www.richesonart.com.  In addition, this painting is available from my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this original work of art, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

Plus, please be sure to check out my newest book, Art of Cycling: Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships.  The book is complied from my live paintings of the 2015 Championships here in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia along with my blogposts serving as the rough draft for the text of the book.

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Giro Stage 10: Did We Get a Gap?

From the drop of the flag, Matteo Busato (Southeast Pro Cycling) and Oscar Gatto (Androni Giocattoli) were on the attack.  After the duo had been joined by Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Garmin), Alessandro Malaguti (Nippo-Vini Fantini) and Nicola Boem (Bardiani CSF).  Gatto checks behind to see just how much of a gap they have managed to pry lose from the peloton.  The quintet went on to build over a five minute gap on the group containing all of the leaders' jerseys.

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Giro d'Italia Stage 17: Comparing Notes

After the day the peloton had yesterday, there was quite a bit to talk about along the roads to Vittorio Venete.  Like any group of cyclist I know, there is lots of talk about the tough rides we have taken and Stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia was one of the toughest, three big climbs and all kinds of weather on top of it.  Oscar Gatto (Cannondale) had the time to regale Daniel Oss (BMC) and Luca Paolini (Katusha) with his take on the intrigue about whether there was a neutralization or not.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard, measuring 4 inches by 6 inches and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com,  Also, this painting, and all of my cycling art, is available for purchase through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  Each little painting is only $50 USD.  For this particular painting, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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