Rio Olympics: Pure Speed, Spartacus

Spartacus showed how to win an Olympic Time Trial! Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) had left the Tour de France ahead of the final Alpine stages in order to prepare for these Olympic Games.  Apparently it was the right decision.  He smoked up the wet roads of Rio on his way to taking Gold in this his last Olympic appearance.  Chapeau, Fabulous Fabian!

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.

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Rio Olympics: Off He Goes

Clearly this will be Fabian Cancellara's (Switzerland) last Olympic Time Trial.  He is retiring from the sport at the end of this season, so this may be his last race of truth for Spartacus.  I am sure he would have preferred better conditions, but you have to go with what you get in cycling. Cancellara is a four time World Champion in this discipline and a former Olympic Gold Medalists as well.

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.

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Tour, Stage 7: Looking for the Others

The duo of Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) and David Navarro (Cofidis) proved to fast going down hill for the rest of those in the break away.  Once they hit the valley below, Spartacus looked back over his shoulder to find out where they all had gone.  The streets were lined with the traditional plane trees and thousands of cheering fans welcoming the racers to the first stage in the  Pyrenees.  I am not quite sure why the current time trial champion of Switzerland is up in the front group unless it is to help his teammate Jasper Stuyven across the flatter roads in a bid to retake the Maillot a Pois.

This is a small original watercolor and ink painting that was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from Jack Richeson & Company.  This painting, along with all of my cycling art, is available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  While you are on the site, be sure to check out my other works of art and my two cycling books.  To purchase this particular painting, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Bear in mind that this is a one of a kind original and once it is gone, it is gone.

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