Tour '22, Stage 13: A Danish Fairy Tale Continues

The down side of changing your mind half way through titling a work of art, you end up with an odd one.  Since the start of the Tour in Demark, the Danes have been having a great Tour.  Their countrymen have worn the Maillot a Pois for eight days, they have now one three of thirteen stages, and most importantly, they have the Maillot Jaune of race leader for the second day in a row.  Today's part of the fairy tale goes to Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) who out sprinted his other two remaining break away companions for stage victory.  Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) finished second and the Canadian Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) claimed the third step of the podium.  It was a great result for the Danish fans waving their flags near the finish line.

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Tour, Stage 8: Looking for Home

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) had led from the very first kilometer of this 200 kilometer stage into Saint Etienne.  With just two left to go it looked like he had enough of a lead on the chasing Frenchmen to lead it from start to finish.  He did.  So you see, the break away does win on the rare occasion.  I am quite sure he will wear the red bib number of most combative.  And he moved himself into second place behind his teammate in the Maillot a Pois competition.  Not a bad day's work.

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Tour Stage 12: Pumping the Air

Some of the sprinters had been dropped on the final climb of the Cote du Grammond, like Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) and Bryan Coquard (Europcar).  Others had some bad luck like Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) who went into a ditch outside of the three kilometers to go point (not that overall time is of much concern to a sprinter).  So it was a slightly reduced sprint field that charged to the line in Saint Etienne.  And it was Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) who pumped his fist in the air to celebrate his first stage win of the 101st Tour de France.  Every the bridesmaid never the bride, Peter Sagan (Cannondale) was forced to settle for yet another second place finish, but it did increase is nearly insurmountable lead in the Points Classification.  The French National Champion, Arnaud Demare (FDJ) was strong enough after the climb to place himself on the podium for France.   This is a small original watercolor and ink painting is available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com and will be included in my soon to be self published book of my art of the 101st Tour de France, "Book de Tour".  To learn more about the book project, to pre order your copy, or to discover how to become involved in bringing this amazing edition of the Tour to print, please visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/book-de-tour.  There are some wonderful rewards for backers at a wide variety of levels, all include your name in print on the special thanks page, and starting at $5 USD.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Tour Stage 12: Getting Organized

Giant Shimano had spent most of the day on the front of the peloton in hopes of delivering the big man, Marcel Kittel, if the final pair of climbs didn't prove too much for the big German to handle.  Their back up choice was John Degenkolb, and it was he that stayed in the peloton with the legs to factor into the finale.  As the peloton slid under the ten kilometers to go banner, the sprinter's teams were jockeying for position and fighting to line up their sprint trains.  Part of the byproduct of the fight to get organized is a big acceleration, an acceleration that threaten the slim lead of Simon Clarke (Orica GreenEdge).  With the peloton in full flight it was unlikely that the lone Australian would be able to stay off of the front all the way to the line in Saint Etienne.  This is a small original watercolor and ink painting is available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com and will be included in my soon to be self published book of my art of the 101st Tour de France, "Book de Tour".  To learn more about the book project, to pre order your copy, or to discover how to become involved in bringing this amazing edition of the Tour to print, please visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/book-de-tour.  There are some wonderful rewards for backers at a wide variety of levels, all include your name in print on the special thanks page, and starting at $5 USD.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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