Men's Omloop: What Are They Saying?

I would love to know what Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) and Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) were taking about.  Colbrelli, the European Champion, was the only one in this five man break that didn't have a teammate.  Van Aert had Tiesj Benoot to work on his behalf.  At the front of the group were the Ineos-Grenadiers duo of Jhonatan Narvaez and Tom Pidcock.  Clearly it is an advantage to have a teammate in the break with you.  Colbrelli will have to chase any attacks whereas the others can share the duties of keeping other escapees in check.

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Paris Roubaix: Sprinting in Roubaix

Riders caked in mud and sprinting on a velodrome could only happen at Paris Roubaix.  Try as they might neither Matthieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Felix) nor Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal) could get rid of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) on the final kilometer before the Roubaix velodrome.  Both knew that they were going to have and out sprint a well known sprinter if they wanted to win since they couldn’t shed themselves of the European Champion before the finale.  So when these three came around the bell lap it went down as most would have expected.  Sonny Colbrelli won his first attempt at the Hell of the North, with Florian Vermeersch just nipping Matthieu Van Der Poel for second.  In the back ground you can see Gianni Moscon (Ineos-Grenadiers) having been lapped by the podium trio.  He risked losing in hopes of winning and claims fourth in his last race for Ineos-Grenadiers. 

This is most likely my last paintings for a remarkable 2021 season.  I hope to be able to paint the opening race of 2022, the Tour Down Under.  But it was canceled last year, and Australia is still being very strict with their travel restrictions, so here’s hoping it will happen.  If not I’ll be back for the Spring Classics.  Thank you all for your support of my cycling art!

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Paris Roubaix: Who’s Who

Is this not the most iconic image of all that is Paris Roubaix?  As Phil Liggett and Bob Roll commented on the race, one of their main difficulties was figuring out who was who the more the riders got caked with mud.  This is yet another title that is a bit of a play on words.  First it was very difficult to tell who was who, and these three men, Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious), Matthieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Felix), and just peaking over their shoulders, Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Sousa) were looking to be the who’s  who of this Paris Roubaix.  The trio caught and dispatched Gianni Moscon on the fabled Carrefour de l’Arbre and were now vying to find their places on the podium.  The fans crowded the course as they too tried to make out just who was their man for the race.

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Paris Roubaix: In Pursuit

Jeremy Lecroq (B&B Hotels) knew a good wheel to latch onto.  When Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) went off the front of the pursuers in search of the duo up the road, only Lecroq had the legs to go with the European Champion.  The duo were using the smoother roads to try and bridge across.

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TDF, Stage 21: Wow, That Wasn't Expected

To be fair, I didn't expected it.  I doubt that Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick Step) expected to finish third on the Champs Elysees either.  I love Cav, and the race that he has had this Tour, but I am not disappointed that my cycling hero's record will stand for at least one more year.  One of the NBC Sports broadcasters had pick Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) for the win today while everyone else had gone for Cav.  At first I thought that was Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) looking in, but no, it is his lead out man Luka Mezgec who took second on the stage.  I was very pleased to see Andre Greipel (Israel Start Up Nation) who claimed fifth on the stage.  I had hoped he would surprise everyone and win yet another career stage on the Champs Elysees.  He had started the day by announcing that he was retiring at the end of the season, and it would be great to see him go out in style.  I can see Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) in this image, but he did show up in the top ten finishers.  Without Matthews winning the stage, and Cav taking third, it means that there will be no change in the leader of the sprint competition.  Chapeau, Mark!  And chapeau to Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) for taking all of the other jerseys in the 2021 Tour de France.

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TDF, Stage 19: He Isn't Here

With six guys already up the road by the time the peloton got to the intermediate sprint in Saint Sever, there wasn't many points left in the competition to wear the Maillot Vert.  The long drag up to the sprint suited Cavendish's main competitors, Micheal Matthews (BikeExchange) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrian-Victorious).  Matthews looked back over his shoulder to see where everyone was as he went to the line.  I think Colbrelli was looking around trying to figure out why they were seeing the leadout for Cav from his team.  Matthews' teammate, Luka Mezgec, was on the wheel of the Italian champion ready to jump off after anyone who challenge his guys lead across the sprint point.

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TDF, Stage 16: Two Left Chasing

With one guy up the road, it was left to these two to chase.  David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) had left the larger chase group in hopes of better there placing in their respective competitions.  Riding along with the pair is one of the several TV cameramen who bring the shots of the racing from the back of a motorcycle.  This was captured by one of the two TV camera helicopters who hover above the race all stage long.  I do think the camera guys delight in catching each other on air.  The competitors on the bicycles are not the only ones needing to be the best at what they do in the Grand Boucle.

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TDF, Stage 13: Where Is Cav?

Both Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) and Michael Morkov (Deceuninck-Quick Step) look back to see what happened to Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick Step).  Whereas Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) just got on with taking the maximum sprint points still available in Fontes.  Coming across fourth from the peloton is Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix).  If you, like the others, are wondering where Cav is, those are his legs at the top left of this painting.  He was saving his legs for the final sprint that should he win would tie the win record of Eddy Merckx.

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TDF, Stage 10: Making Sure

Since there were still two guys off the front as the peloton arrived for the intermediate sprint in La Placette, these guys were racing for best of the rest.  Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious), the Italian Champion, looks back over his shoulder just to confirm that no was going to come around him at the line.  The Italian seemed to look into the eyes of Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) seemingly daring him to even tried to out sprint him.  Tucked on to the Australian's wheel was Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix). Philipsen will have to carry the sprintering banner for his team since his other sprinter/lead out man has left the Tour the night before the rest day.  The day before another of his teammates, Mathieu Van Der Poel, left the race after losing the Maillot Jaune in srage 8.  He can be excused, he is headed off to Tokyo to compete in the Olympics as a Mountain Biker.

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TDF, Stage 9: When the Cav Is Away...

Playing around with the title of this one.  You get the reference (I hope).  The intermediate sprint came after the Category 2 climb of the Cote de Domancy 33 kilometers into the stage.  With Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick Step) already in the grupetto off the back of the race, it was time for his competitors for the Maillot Vert to try and cut into his lead in the sprinters' competition.  Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) took out the sprint just ahead of Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) in Praz Sur Arly.  The crazy thing is that the sprinter Colbrelli (and Italian Champion) also took third on the stage.  Not a flat stage, but a stage that included to Category One climbs, one Haute Catagory climb, and one Catefory Four climb after this sprint.  Both of these sprinters got closer to taking Cavendish's Maillot Vert.  But I stand in awe of Colbrelli's efforts today.  To put it in perspective, he out climb some of the best climbers racing in the Pro Tour today.  It is theorized that the wet cold day got under the skin of the climbers who are traditionally lacking in any body fat.  Perhaps the bigger, more muscular sprinters were more able to withstand the cold wet conditions.  Whatever the reason, Colbrelli was simply amazing today.

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Dauphine, Stage 5: Did I Do It?

The answer to Geraint Thomas' (Ineos-Grenadiers) implied question is "yes."  He had gotten enough of an advantage leading to the final meters of the stage that he had just enough to stay ahead of the fast closing sprinters.  His move left Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) to take his fourth mass sprint, but yet again the sprint was for second place.  Rounding out the top five were Alex Aranburu (Astana-Premier Tech) - who was third for yet another stage-, Carlos Bargero (Qhubeka-ASSOS), and Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Israel Start Up Nation).  The current Maillot Jaune, Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) owes a debt of gratitude to these sprinters their closing of the gap to Thomas meant that he gained no more than the bonus seconds for finishing first.  Had he kept the gap he opened up and 500 meters he most likely have been the next leader of the Dauphine.  As it was the 10 second time bonus moved him up to 6th place in the general classification, just 16 seconds behind Postlberger.  And it moved him to the highest ranking amongst his teammates as well, but only by two seconds.

I'm sure the climbing to come will open up much larger gaps on the general classification.

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Dauphine, Stage 5: Surprising the Peloton

It takes more than power and fitness to win a stage race, not that Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) doesn't have plenty of both.  It also takes strategy.  Thomas made sure he was on the front of the peloton as they came off of the final climb.  He (and his team) knew there was a sharp u-turn at the base of the climb at just about one kilometer to the finish.  He had a his teammate Michal Kwiatkowski on his wheel.  That allowed his teammate to leave a gap and to disrupt the inital response to the Brit's move.  That left Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) to use his last lead out man to try and catch the former winner of the Tour de France.  Swinging on to the chase is Lawson Craddock (EF Education-Nippo) still having the legs to chase after his attack on the other side of the Cote.

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Dauphine, Stage 3: Finally!

 "Finally!"  That had to be on the lips of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) as he took his third mass sprint in a row.  However, this time it was for stage honors.  The last two sprints had been after a sole rider had already crossed the line seconds ahead of the closing peloton.  Unable to get around the Italian were Alex Aranburu (Astana-Premier Tech), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek Segafredo).  McNulty was smart to grab some bonus seconds towards his general classification aspirations.  Stuyven may have been left wondering how he could have fared had he not been forced to chase back to the peloton earlier.  And then while relieved, Colbrelli fell just two seconds shy of claiming the Maillot Jaune with this victory, but he did increase his lead in the Maillot Vert competition.

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Gent-Wevelgem 2021: Celebrate/Congratulate

 Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) patted his chest and his team sponsor's name as he took the sprint in Wevelgem.  Crossing just behind him was Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka-ASSOS) reached out to congratulate the victorious Belgium.  Speaking of victorious, it was Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) who watched the festivities as he finished fourth on the day.  While not in this painting (or camera angle) it was Michael Matthews (Bike Exchange) who claimed the final step of the podium in Gent-Wevelgem.

This is the final painting of this race.  I will be back next week with Ronde Van Vlaanderen and the following week with Paris-Roubaix (assuming the resurging Covid-19 pandemic doesn't canceled Paris-Roubaix for the second year running).

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Gent-Wevelgem 2021: Shedding Some Sprinters

 With 42 kilometers left to race, Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) felt it was time to try and get rid of some of the pure sprinters in the front group.  As they hit the steepest section of the Baneberg he drove the pace as hard as he could.  This was the last climb and he was sure he wouldn't be able to beat either Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka-ASSOS) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) in a straight up sprint.  Just peeking around the corner of the banners is Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick Step), even he managed to stay on the wheel of the Swiss National Champion.  So just like Demare tried to use a climb to no avail, so too his teammate wasn't able to use a climb to his advantage.

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Tour, Stage 12: Day after Day

Not only does one need to be an excellent sprinter to win the Maillot Vert, one needs to be there day after day, sprint after sprint.  With some tall mountains on the back side of the stage, it was a large group of sprinters that got into the largest break thus far in the 2019 Tour de France.  Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) added to his lead by taking the sprint in Bagneres de Luchon ahead of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) and Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates).  Now it is on to the Col de Peyresourde.

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Tour, Stage 4: Post Sprint Chat

In order to win the Maillot Vert of most consistant sprinter, one must be ready to race for every sprint point along every stage of the Tour.  While the three break away riders had sucked up the major points on offer in Lerouville, the marquee sprinters still revved up their legs for the more minor points left on the road.  With Elia Viviani taking the honors of the best of the rest, Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) had a little chat afterwards as they waited for the peloton to catch back onto their wheels.  The pair had taken the next two placings, allowing Sagan to add to his sprint point tally.  Michael Matthews (Sunweb) seemed not to want to hear what they had to say.

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Tour, Stage 5: The Second Time

It was Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) that crossed the top of the climb first in Quimper!  That makes it two stage wins, and two second places thus far for the Slovakian sprinter who is so much more than merely a sprinter.  He was just able to hold off the only other sprinter, Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida), who was left at the front end of the race.  The pair also caught the wheel of the first to attack the climb, Philippe Gilbert (Quickstep).  You can just make out the blue kit of his teammate, Julian Alaphilippe behind the Maillot Vert of Peter Sagan.  Sagan's win puts him 33 points ahead of second place in the green jersey competition.  Given the finale for Stage 6, he nor any of the other sprinters will be contesting for stage honors on the Mur de Bretagne.

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Tour, Stage 2: Just Enough

It was Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) who had the perfectly time lunge to claim victory in La Rouche sur Yon.  There was a crash with about 500 meters to go that took out both Michael Mathews (Sunweb) and Fernando Gaviria (Quick Step).  It didn't seem to make the sprint any easier for the World Champion.  He just barely held of the closing Italian, Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida).  For the second time today, it was Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) who opened up the sprint, but saw Sagan go around for the victory.  Sagan's win earned him both the Maillot Jaune and the Maillot Vert.  Apparently, the last time the Tour finished in La Rouche sur Yon, it was the wearer of the Rainbow Jersey who tooked the stage.  As Sagan said in the post-race interview, "the same story keeps repeating over and over."

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Paris Nice, Final Stage: The Fruit of His Labors

Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) had ridden hard in the 7th stage of the race and was rewarded with the Polka Dots of the King of the Mountain for his labors.  Not willing to wear the jersey for just one day (as Axel Domont (Ag2r La Mondiale) had prior to surrendering it to Calmejane), he got himself over the tops of the first four climbs on the day, thus ensuring that he will finished the day as the over all winner of the King of the Mountains once he crosses the line in Nice.  Calmejane had the advantage of being shepherded by the very experienced and successful Sylvain Chavanel.  Riding in this group at the start of the final climb, Col d'Eze were Julien El Fares (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) and surprisingly the sprinter, Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida).

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