Fleche Wallonne: Making His Escape

Using the oldest move in the racing handbook, Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) went on the attack just as the race came back together.  Marczynski employed his time trialing abilities to quickly build up an eleven second advantage with just another 13 kilometers to the final summit of the Mur de Huy.  It is unlikely that this move will work, but it takes the pressure off of his team leader, Tim Wellens, who is safely tucked into the peloton behind.

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Vuelta, Stage 20: A Climbing Sprinter

As the break away headed up the first of the catagorized climbs, all were surprised to see the sprinter, Soren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) leading the true climbers up the mountain.  Andersen is new to the pro peloton, but may be discovering that he has the combined ablities of the now two time World Champion, Peter Sagan.  Andersen is looking over at Marc Soler (Movistar) to encourage the Spaniard to do a pull on the front of the group.  Behind him is Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) and Jaime Roson (Caja Rural-Seguros).

Andersen rode brilliantly at the front of the race until he was called back to help his team leader, Wilco Kelderman defend his third place overall.  Andersen may not have won the stage (but he was in with a chance), but Kelderman wasn't able to hold onto third, either.

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 16: You're Killing It!

I don't think I have ever seen this before.  As Bob Jungels (Quickstep) passed Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal), who had started to minutes before the man in blue, Marczynski gave Jungels a thumbs up, a congratulations for the ride the Luxemburger was having.  Jungels went on to pass to more riders on his way in to a second best time at the time of his arrival.  His concern, there were some high quality time trial riders with big things to ride for on the road behind him.  In the end he finished ninth on the stage, clearly the Polish rider was quite a bit further down in the classification.

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 12: Slipping Away

With Morkov's attack neutralized, it was the young Australian, Brendan Canty (Cannondale-Drapac) who was the next to put in a go off the front.  More than half of the break had been dropped alredy on the Puerto del Torcal, so it was only Omar Fraile (Dimension Data), Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal), Pawel Poljanski (Bora Hansgrohe) and Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) who could stay on the young man's wheel.  With 23 kilometers left to race, it seems as though it is down to one of these five.

With the troubles that Canty's team are experiencing, it would be great to grab a bit of glory in the Vuelta.  The team has lost a major sponsor and is currently running a crowd funding drive on Indiego.com.

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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Giro, Stage 9: I Think They're Here

The last two members of the early break, Jan Tratnik (CCC Sprandi Polkowice) and Tomasoz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) looked back over their shoulders to see the closing peloton.  With the first category 1 climb to end the stage, it was time for the GC men to test each others legs.  The peloton was being lead by the team of the odds on favorite, Nairo Quintana of Movistar.  In some ways, the 100th Giro d'Italia starts now!

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.

With the start of the Giro d'Italia, I am crowd funding my third cycling art book through Kickstarter.  I could use your support in making this book get made, please consider supporting the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/art-of-cycling-100th-giro-ditalia.  This will be just one of the hundred plus paintings that will be included.

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Volta Catalunya Stage 2: I Feel Them Coming

The early six man break by now as lost two riders, one dropping off the pace and slipping back to the peloton, the other just road them all of his wheel, Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), hoping to solo his way to victory in the second stage of the Volta Catalunya.  These four where unable to pull back the lone Frenchman and, Michael Koch (Cannondale) sensed that the peloton would soon be swallowing them up as they charged up the final climb of Stage 2.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that can be yours by visiting my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  For this particular painting, you can just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Volta Catalunya Stage 2: A Wet Day Out

When I think of Catalunya and Spain, I think of heat, sun and dry weather, not so for stage 2 of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.  The riders spent 168 kilometers in cold rain, sometimes heavy sometimes a mere mist, but always spraying up from the wheels of the tires in front of them.  A group of six got away early including two of the wild card teams, these are two of the riders from CCC Polstat Polkowice, Tomasz Marczynski and Marek Rutkiewicz.  They are joined in this painting by Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and the others in the break included; Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Michael Koch (Cannondale) and Jerome Baugnies (Wanty-Groupe Gobert).  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard that was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com  In addition this painting and all of my cycling art is available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  For this particular painting, you can just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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