Vuelta, Stage 14: To the Heavens

While all of the drama was happening behind - although in the end it was roughly status quo - Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) was riding away from the entire peloton.  As he was over a minute ahead of his nearest rival he started his celebrations long before reaching the line at the mountain top finish.  Not only did he gesture towards the heavens as he neared the line, it must have felt like he had ridden into the heavens on the way to the end of the 14th stage of the Vuelta a Espana.

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 14: Making Their Move

It was the man in second place, Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), who but in the first attack that looked like it might stick.  Stuck on the Italian's wheel was the ever agressive, Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo).  The pair got a nice gap on the red jersey of Chris Froom (Sky) who had lost the last of his powerful teammates.  However, Froome was able to close the distance himself.  In the end, Nibali pulled back a few seconds on Froome and a small time bonus for finishing 3rd on the day (Froome was 4th).

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 14: Dangling Off the Back

For those of you who have been reading my posts over the years will know that I enjoy titling my paintings with words that can have more than one interpretation.  Here, it is Simon Yates (Orica Scott) who is dangling off the back of the elite riders of the Vuelta, but then it is a tail that is dangling off of the back of the cow costume of the cycling fan running along side the elite members of the sport of cycling.  Others hanging around the back of the greatly reduced peloton include, Fabio Aru (Astana), Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondaile), and Tejay van Garderen (BMC).  With the action about to happen at the front, they were in jeopardy of missing the splits has they were sure to happen on the final Haute Catagorie climb to the finish.

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 14: We Tried

When the true accelerations in the front group started on the final climb up to theSierra de La Pandera, it was Ricardo Vilela (Manzana Postoban) and Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) who were caught first by the peloton.  The pair shook hands as they were caught, honoring the work that they had done together over the preceeding kilometers.  Bike racing is a sport of ever changing temporary and long term alliances.

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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