Tour of Britain, Final Stage: Filming It All

Obviously, every stage, every kilometer of the Tour of Britain has been covered by TV cameramen.  There are three TV Moto's with cameramen who film the race from the back of the motorcycles, sometimes at very high speeds and in all sorts of weather.  Their work is augmented by stationary cameras along the course and at the finish line, as well as two helicopters who film from above.  There is a move to get live camera feeds from the racers bicycles as well, but those didn't figure into this stage race.  So standing up on the back of the motorcycle was the cameraman filming the break of Gabriel Cullaigh (Team GB), Jasper Bovenhuis (An Post Chain Reaction), Tom Stewart (Madison Genesis) and Taylor Phinney (BMC).  This particular moment was captured by a stationary camera positioned near the finish line (or in this case the end of the fourth lap).

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Tour of Britain, Final Stage: The First to Launch

The Sprint Jersey wearer, Jasper Bovenhuis (An Post Chain Reaction) was the first to jump out of the peloton, he was clearly off to rack up as many more sprint points as possible.  Immediately on to the Dutchman's wheel was Tom Stewart (Madison Genesis).  Before the duo had cover half of a kilometer both Taylor Phinney (BMC) and Gabriel Cullaigh (Team GB) joined them.  The foursome went straight to work opening up a thirty second gap on the following peloton before they were around the first lap of the streets of downtown London.

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Tour of Britain, Stage 6: We Tried

The duo of Miguel Angel Benito (Caja Rural Seguros) and Tom Stewart (Madison Genesis) had lost contact with their fellow break away companion, Giovanni Visconti (Movistar).  As they fell further behind the Italian, they peloton was drawing nearer and nearer.  As they raced through the town of Chudleigh they knew their time off the front was over.  Benito reached back to shake the hand of Stewart, thanking him for the collaborative effort, before they were sucked back into the charging peloton.

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Tour of Britain, Stage 6: The Last Two

Miguel Angle Benito (Movistar) and Tom Stewart (Madison Genesis) were the last two that were still off of the front of the peloton as the crested the penultimate climb of the day.  The duo were hoping to carry enough of a lead through the descent to be able to hold off the GC contenders on the final ascent to Haytor Rock.  Giovanni certainly has the pedigree to accomplish the task.  He is a two-time Italian National Champion and has won several stages of the Giro d'Italia.  Steward is just thrilled to have the legs to hang onto the Italian's wheel.

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Tour of Britain, Stage 6: Climbing Again

That had toe be the reaction of this quartet as they started up Cadbury Hill.  While none of the climbs in the Tour of Great Britain can rival the alpine stages of the Tour de France, the roads have been surprisingly lumpy.  Today's stage featured two category one climbs the second one marked the end of the stage.  The stage included two more categorized climbs, and lots of bumps in between the noted hills.  As testament to the relative ease of the early climbs, it is Jasper Bovenhis (An Post Chain Reaction) in the sprint leader's jersey, who was bringing up the rear of the early break of the day.  With him were Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), Tom Stewart (Madison Genesis) and Miguel Angel Benito (Caja Rural Seguros).

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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