Tour '26, Stage 20: Into the Net

I have always wondered about Phil and Bob crying out when something goes wrong for a rider in the Tour, now I know.  I cried out as Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) fought and lost his bike on a fast corner on the loop around the resort town of Alpe d'Huez.  Kuss was off the front by over twenty seconds even after hitting the ground through the tunnel under a section of the town.  He pressed even harder down the descent in hopes of making up time he lost in the previous fall.  He finished this tumble sitting on the cement wall just at the end of the safety net.  While he never went into it, thank God (or the ASO) that it was there.  As he was on the ground, Richard Carapaz who had been chasing passed by.  Kuss got up and gave chase, but never saw the man in the Maillot a Pois again.  He still finished third on the stage!

In the post-race interview, Kuss laughed and apologized to his wife and his fans for scaring the hell out of them.  He really didn't want to put her through that.  And then said, "But, that is racing."  I am sure with the luck that Visma has had this Tour, they will hope not to have the bib number "13" on a teammates back next year.  The way the numbering works, they won't.  That auspicious number will fall to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.

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Tour '26, Stage 15: In the Blink of an Eye

Whatever the plan was for Jonas Vingegaard and his Visma=Lease a Bike team was, this surely wasn't it!  I don't normally paint the crashes, but this one set the 113th Tour de France on its ear.  As the peloton came into a right-hand bend littered with traffic furniture Vingegaard lost his front wheel and went down hard into the curbing on the side of the road.  Several others went down with him including Fellix Grosschartner and Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates) who piled on top of each other and a couple fans who got a little closer to the racers than anyone wanted.  Vingegaard's teammate Sepp Kuss went down as well, but he was back up almost instantly.  Not so for Vingegaard.  The longer he sat on the roadside, the worse we all knew it was.  When I saw the medical team bring over an arm sling, I knew his Tour was over.  He has never finished worse than second (and has one twice) but this is the first time he has ever crashed out of the Tour.  The peloton slowed and waited to see if he would remount.  Once Del Toro caught back up to Pogacar (who had just barely avoided going down as well) he let the Maillot Jaune know that Vingegaard wasn't coming back.  Once everyone knew, it was back to racing.

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Tour '25, Stage 3: Heartbreak Is the End of His Tour

Under normal circumstances, I never paint the crashes the plaque the Tour de France (and bike racing in general).  But this one will affect the rest of this race.  As the peloton ramped up to sprint of sprint points at the intermediate sprint in Isbergues, another sprinter bounced off of a lead out main on a third team.  His loss of control took out the front wheel of Jasper Philipsen (Alepcin-Deceuninck) has he prepared to add to his lead in the race for the Maillot Vert while wearing the green skin suit.  He went down hard onto his back.  Since it was at high speed, he scraped off not only his kit but quite a bit of skin too.  His teammate Gianni Veermeersch held his bike as he tried to help his sprinter.  Another of his teammates, Silvan Dillier came back to be ready to help pace Philipsen back into the peloton.  Alas, there was no remounting for the Belgium sprinter.  It was clear that he had broken or dislocated his shoulder.  I learned later that he also broke two ribs as well.  So, in just the blink of an eye, his Tour was over.

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Tour de France Femmes '24, Stage 2: You Okay?

There are many reasons that I love women's cycling, but mainly I love it because of the compassion that the riders feel for each other.  And that they take the opportunity to show it to each other.  Admittedly, this was inside of the final three kilometers that there was a pile up of riders as they crossed one of the many bridges in downtown Rotterdam so there was no risk of losing time.  Nevertheless, it was nice to see Josie Talbot (Cofidis) reach down to check on Amber Pate (Liv-Alula-Jayco) before getting back to racing.  Pate seemed to appreciate the gesture, claimed she was fine, and found her mechanic and a new bike fairly quickly.  All of the riders who went down, got up and finished the stage.  Unfortunately for them, they have an individual time trial in just a few hours time.

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Tour '24, Stage 13: Into the Barriers

One of the lead-out men for Lotto-Dstny leaned heavily into Amaury Capriot (Arkea-B&B Hotels) as he went by.  When he came off of his shoulder Capriot over compensated and lost his balance.  As he lost control, he took out Cees Pol (Astana-Qazaqstan) who went head over heels and blocked the way for the Lotto-Dstny sprinter, Arnaud De Lie.  A bit ironic since the crash was caused trying to move him towards the front for the sprint.  I don't normally paint crashes, I don't want to glorify the gory of the sport, but this being the thirteenth stage, it seemed appropriate.  Many, including, Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) were able to avoid the flying bikes and bodies, but any that were behind the pile-up saw any chance of winning the stage go up the road.  The five-kilometer rule will mean that these guys will all get the same time as the stage winner should they be able to get up and walk or ride across the finish line.  Oddly, if they walk to the line, they must have their bike with them.

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Tour de France 23, Stage 8: No! No! No!

It is my custom to not paint crashes from any bike race, nor the consequences on the riders on the race.  Today, I made an exception.  While I had my doubts that Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) would be able to get his 35th all time Tour stage win, I didn't want this to be the reason.  After coming so very, very close yesterday in Bordeaux, he got tangled up in a crash with about 60 kilometers left in today's stage.  It was obvious to me as soon as I saw him reach to the front of his right shoulder I knew his Tour was over.  Cav has claimed this was his final Tour appearance.  While he change his mind?

As he got into the ambulance to head to hospital, the camera got a very lost stared seemingly not seeing what lay in his future.  He then did give us all a wry smile before the door slid shut.

A sad day for the Tour, Astana, Cav, racers, and all of us cycling fans.

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Paris Roubaix 23: Chaos in the Forest

While I don’t normally paint the crashes, they are so much a part of Paris Roubaix that I felt it was necessary.  As they went into one of the most fabled pave sectors, the peloton shook apart and bodies went flying.  It was so chaotic that I wasn’t able to get any of the names of those on the ground or tangled up in the piles of broken bikes.  Some riders races ended at this moment in pain, most particularly last year’s winner, Dylan Van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma).  For most of the others, it might as well have been over, since the attacks were going off the front as they were lying on the unmerciful cobblestones.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 3: Sliding Out

Demi Vollering (SD Worx) and Liane Lippert (DSM) can be forgiven for going into this corner too hot.  They along with a group that contained Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) were building a nice gap on the peloton behind.  Hitting the curve too fast, Vollering lost the front wheel and Lippert's reaction cause her to skid across the pavement with Dutch woman.  Borghini managed to avoid their fate and then pressed on with her attack.  It wasn't so much that she was taking advantage of their misfortune as it was that she was continuing what they all had started.  This crash, the climbs, and crashed on a couple of corners in town further split up the already fracture peloton.  Both riders on the ground got back up and back into the race.  Vollering got up very quickly and finished just eight seconds behind the stage winner.  Lippert took a little longer to get sorted, and then wasn't with a strong set of chasers back towards the leaders.  It should be noted that Borghini was fifth on the day just three seconds ahead of the first to go down on this corner.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 1: You Okay?

 Alana Castique (Cofidis Women) crossed her front wheel with Christin Majerus (SD Worx) and they both went down on the cobbles of the Champs Elysees.  Majerus jumped up angry and said something to Castique as she got ready to ride off.  Then she realized that the other was hurt.  She reached down to check on her, I'm guessing she offered a word of care.  She may have an extra level of concern.  She is wearing a special jersey designed by her teammate Amy Pieters who is facing a long hard recovery from a training accident.  Sadly, this is the end of Castrique's Tour before it really even got started.

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Tour '22, Stage 18: Over Cooking It

Ironically it was Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) who crashed on the descent of the Col de Spandelles.  It was believed by others that he would be able to use the descent to get an advantage on Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).  Vingegaard had almost gone down about two turns earlier but was able to kick a leg out and stay upright.  Perhaps that was when Pogacar pushed himself even harder.  The road over the Col had been resurfaced with the dreaded chip and seal which always leaves gravel (the chip) in the corners and sometimes down the middle of the road as well.  That was how Pogacar went down, he came into a corner to fast, went off the edge of the road, and crashed as he came back onto the tarmac.  All I could think is that without gloves was, "that had to hurt!"  Vingegaard heard him go down and looked back to see what had happened.

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Tour '22: In the Blink of an Eye

The Tour de France (or most any bike race) can be a very cruel mistress.  It just takes a moment of inattention, a random chance encounter with a fan (or a fan's dog) and your Tour can be over.  Today was a rough day for the team of the race leader, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).  The day started out with the announcement of the withdrawal of their original team leader Priomz Roglic.  He would be missed as a very strong support rider for the current Maillot Jaune.  Later in the stage it was Steven Kruijswijk going down in a three bike crash and breaking his collarbone.  That clearly meant that he left the stage in an ambulance, and with that left the Tour as well.  Not even twenty kilometers later, it was Christophe Laporte and the yellow clad Jonas Vingegaard going down in a small down along the course.  Both were able to get back underway but it was just a vivid example of just how quickly one's Tour can be over, even for the guy leading the race.

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Tour '22, Stage 13: Sprinter Down!

Stage 13 wasn't looking like it was going to be a lucky stage for Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal).  As his teammates watching over him in the peloton, the lead rider missed the turn.  He also clipped Caleb's wheel sending the Australian sprinter down hard.  Of course this stage wasn't anywhere as unlucky as stage 3 of last year.  It could be argue that this was worse (not because of the injuries) because he had struggled through the Alps in hopes of being able to contest a sprint today.  Now that has gone out the window.  Last year he went out of the Tour.  He was able to get back on his bike and start riding again.

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Tour '22, Stage 5: A Reversal of Fortune

Both Wout Van Aert and his team Jumbo-Visma were flying high for the first four stages of this Tour.  Today that all came apart.  After having a mechanical Van Aert was working his way back through the peloton when he ran up on the rear wheel of his teammate Steven Kruijswijk.  Down they both went.  The two main GC contenders for their team, Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic both lost time across the cobbles mainly due to flat tires and crashes.  Oddly, Van Aert held onto yellow, but the others lost a half minute and two and a half minutes respectfully.  Plus the team lost their first place in the team competition, but by only one second to Ineos-Grenadiers.  That should set up a wild stage finale on the uphill climb to the finish.

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TDF, Stage 3: In the Final Meters

Here I am breaking one of my own rules (they are meant to be broken), yet I am hoping no one else is breaking anything.  I had a viseral reaction as I watched Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) go down while in the perfect position to open his closing sprint in Pontivy.  Sprints are high speed with riders so close togther.  Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) had chosen Ewan's wheel as the one to follow in hopes of being able to jump out of the Aussie's slipstream for the win, alas that meant the Slovakian had no chance of not going down with him.  As I write this I don't know how bad Caleb Ewan was hurt, but he did spend a long time laying on the ground.  

I was quite impressed that both Nacer Bouhani (Arkea Samsic) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) were able to swerve around the crash with Bouhani finishing in third on the day. Tim Merlier & Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) were able to keep going despite was happening behind them.

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Tour, Stage 11: By the Side of the Road

At first glance, this struck me as a typical rest stop on a club ride.  Had I know just how hurt Ion Izaguirre (Astana) was - he is the rider sitting against the wall - I may not have painted this.  The sport is dangerous enough without celebrating the crashes and road rashes.  This crash was the end of his Tour.  As I write this I don't know the seriousness of his injuries, but they did keep him from continuing to ride.  He was being checked on by two of his teammates, the Kazahkstan Champion, Alexey Lutsenko and Harold Tejada.  Standing beside the Astana trio is Jose Joaquin Roja (Movistar).  While he looks like he is just hanging out watching the Tour go by, he was rather tore up on his backside.  It wasn't until I saw him chasing back onto the peloton that I realize he his checking on his butt and back which are covered in road rash at the very least.

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Tour, Stage 7: Man Down!

The Tour is filled with constant dangers.  Thus far we have seen freak occurances, lapse of attention, and road furniture cause multiple crashes and delays.  Today it was TeJan van Garderen (EF Education First) going down hard after hitting a traffic arrow atop a traffic island.  He was quickly assisted by Alberto Bettiol and another of  his teammates/  Fortunately, his injuries appear to be minor and he was soon back up and back into the peloton.  He finished with the same time as the stage winner before being taken to hospital to get a thorough check out.

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Tour, Stage 3: Getting Sorted

I call Richmond, Virginia (in the USA) my home, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to include a painting of Richmond area native, Ben King (Dimension Data).  I would have prefer that it was because he was off the front like he was in the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, but you never know when you will see any rider again.  King had gone down (and tangled his handlebars) with Simon Geschke (CCC) and Pat Bevin (CCC).  No one was hurt, but the roundabouts, islands and other traffic furniture are a constant danger to the peloton.  At least they are not dealing with vechile traffic (most of the time).  The race organizers will distribut hay bales in hopes of protecting the riders should they fall - sometimes they even use foam padding.

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Tour Down Under, Stage 5: Get Me Back on My Bike!

"Get me back on my bike!"  It is what I image Paddy Bevin (CCC) was telling his teammate, Victor De La Parte as the Spaniard nearly carried the race leader towards a new bike brought from the team car.  Michael Sajnok was standing at the ready to pace their guy back into the peloton.  It was going to be a tall order, with just nine and a half kilometers to the finish, the peloton couldn't really afford to wait for the Ochre Jersey.  They did for about a kilometer, but then the sprinter's teams had to get on with their job of trying to get their guy to the line first.

Shockingly, Bevin was able to rejoin the peloton with another two kilometers to race.  His team's sprinter, Franisco Ventoso, was the one to lead Bevin back to the business end of the race, sacrificing his chances in the sprint finale.  It make take a village to raise a child, but it takes a team to hold a race lead.  And hold the lead they did!

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Tour, Stage 16: Over the Wall

Normally, I avoid painting the wrecks of the Tour.  It isn't what excites me about watching the race.  In fact I called out as I was watching this very scary crash play out.  Philippe Gilbert (Quick Step) was flying down the back side of the Col de Portet d'Aspet when he locked up his rear wheel in a sharp left turn.  He tried valiantly to regain control put the stone wall was just too near.  As he hit the wall, he came off the bike, used his hands to avoid hitting the wall with his head, and then dropped out of sight.  Amazingly, he wasn't seriously hurt.  As he got ready to remount, he gave a wink and a thumbs up to the camera. (That is part of the reason I painted this, it ended up alright)

Ironically, he went over the wall almost exactly where Fabio Casterelli crashed in 1995.  Sadly, on that occasion, Casterelli did not survive.  This was before helmets were mandatory in the peloton, but was one of the prinicple reasons that they are now.

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Tour, Stage 9: Shades of 2014

For those who don't get the title of this painting, it is two fold.  First like Richie Porte (BMC) crashed out of this Tour de France with out every putting a wheel on a single pave, just as Chris Froome (Sky) did back in 2014 (the last time the Tour raced on some of the Paris Roubaix paves).  Secondly, it was stage 9 when Porte crashed out in spectacular fashion last year.  Fortunately for BMC and Porte, his injuries were not anywhere near as severe as 2017.  Porte wasn't the only one who hit the deck here, nor all over the roads and pave of today's stage.  There is a reason the classic, Paris Roubaix, is called "The Hell of the North"  Today it was a hellish ride for many in the peloton.  Others may have suffered physically, but at least their GC hopes are still entacted.

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