The Tour de France brings out the most avid fans, many of whom will follow the race for days, camping out in RVs along the race route. They can become a traveling city independent of the race entourage, who will line the roads of the big climbs with their satellite dishes turned to race coverage. They will come out to cheer every rider on, from there heroes to the last guy struggling of the back. Team Movistar came out of the rest day with a plan to break Astana's hold on the race and to try and put Vincenzo Nibali on the defense. As they started up the final climb of the day they put man after man on the front. It was the efforts of Benat Intxausti who shuck the last Astana support rider, Tanel Kangert. Alejandro Valverde still had one more guy in reserve, the Frenchman John Gadret. As Kangert cracked, Nibali looked over to thank his teammate for all of the effort on the long climb and the long stage. This is a small original watercolor and ink painting that is available through my artist website,
www.greigleach.com. This painting and all of my art of the 101st Tour de France will be included in my soon to be self published book, "Book de Tour." To learn more about the book, to pre order your copy, or to discover how you can be a part of bring the 2014 edition of the Tour de France to print, please visit
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/book-de-tour. There are some wonderful Backer Rewards starting as low as $5 USD, and at only $25 USD the reward includes an artist signed copy of the book. Everyone who pledges their support will see their name in print on the Special Thanks page in "Book de Tour." If you would like to purchase this painting, just follow the direct link at the end of this post. But don't you want a copy of the book as well?
http://www.greigleach.com/large-view/Tour%20de%20France%202014/2406694---199992/Painting.html#.U87v5s_D_IU
