Showing posts with label Vincenzo Albanese. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Tour '25, Stage 17: Leaving the Others


The rains returned to the Tour as they raced the final kilometers of the day.  With the peloton closing in, Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno X-Mobility) decided it was time to escape from his breakaway companions.  He did it on a flat straight road just by having the power to ride the other off of his wheel.  Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) didn't have the legs to even try, so Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-EasyPost) had to swing around him and lost the chance to grab the wheel of the Norwegian.  It wasn't long after that the peloton pulled the other three back into their grasp.  As strong has Abrahamsen is, he, too, was chased down by the time he got to four and a half kilometers left to race.  Abrahamsen had won his first stage of the Tour in a similar move and was hoping that lighting would strike twice, all though certainly not literally. 

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Tour '25, Stage 17: The Early Break


Most every stage a group will break free of the grasp of the peloton in the early kilometers and today was no exception.  This quartet that included Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno X-Mobility), Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-EasyPost) and Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) built up a three-minute lead on the peloton before those behind decided that was plenty.  As they got closer to the intermediate sprint point the sprinter's teams in the peloton ramped up the pace in hopes of getting to sprint for the maximum points on offer.  They didn't make it.  This breakaway proved too strong for those behind to catch by the time they all reached Roche Saint Secret Beconne.  Will they be strong enough to keep away all of the way to the finale in Valence?

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The work sells for $99 USD including shipping, but, yes, international shipping is both available and extra.

"The Early Break TdF25-111" (Original art by Greig Leach)