Showing posts with label Ricarda Bauerfeind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ricarda Bauerfeind. Show all posts

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Tour de France Femmes 23, Stage 5: Flying into Albi

Ricarda Bauerfeind (Canyon-SRAM) was keeping the peloton at bay as she descended down into Albi.  With a thirty-six second advantage with just six and a half kilometers to race the only company she had was the Shimano neutral service moto.  With every turn of her pedals, well in this case her wheels, it was seeming more likely that we were going to be treated to yet another solo victory in the second Tour de France Femmes.  And from a relative neophyte to the women's pro peloton, at that.  She definitely has the legal aero-tuck down.  It looks to me like the motos are having trouble keeping up with her even on these wide sweeping turns.

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Tour de France Femmes 23, Stage 5: Showing Her the Way

Throughout the men's Tour de France, I was struck by these banners both directing the riders and warning them of impeding danger.  Somehow I never got the right image of the riders and the banner together.  As Ricarda Bauerfeind (Canyon-SRAM) went pass one of these that turned her from a bit of traffic calming furniture, the image finally came together.  Bauerfeind had jumped free of the peloton with another as she raced towards the bonus seconds six kilometers ago.  She used that move to keep driving on her own toward Albi.  In just six kilometers she had but just shy of a minute and a half into the small peloton of Tour Femmes favorites.  With another twenty kilometers to race, it is right on the bubble if she will be able to stay clear, or will she, too, be caught within sight of the finish line.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $95 USD including shipping, but yes international shipping is both available and extra.

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