Showing posts with label first stage win for the French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first stage win for the French. Show all posts

Friday, July 22, 2022

Tour '22, Stage 19: Won for France


I meant to use 'won" and not 'one' in the title.  I do love a play on words.  Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), who is French, jumped out of the sprint trains and went off ahead of the peloton with just meters to go.  He first got onto the wheels of the remnants of the late break but then started his sprint as the lead out men behind wound it up for their sprinters.  Laporte had been leading out his team's sprinter Wout Van Aert on nearly every stage in both the intermediate sprints and in the finales that the two were there to contest.  With this win, the French finally have a win by one of their countrymen and Laporte got his chance to win a stage.  Plus I think this means the sixth win for Jumbo-Visma.  Plus the team has three of the four leaders' jerseys.  Clearly they are the dominate team despite Ineos-Grenadiers leading in the team competition by over a half hour.  In the background you can see Jasper Philipsen (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl) who will have to settle for being the best of the rest in Cahors.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Tour, Stage 10: Soaking It All In

Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step) had plenty of time to celebrate his first ever stage victory in the Tour de France.  But it was more than that, it was the first stage for a Frenchman in this Tour, and it is also the 50th win for his team this season.  An amazing victory done with amazing nerve and stunning legs.  Had he not lost time who knows how many jerseys he would have won today.  But he is now the new owner of the Maillot a Pois, the polka dot jersey of best climber in the Tour.  With two more stages in the Alps, the next two ending on the top of the mountain, it will be interesting to see how he fares before heading down to the Pyrennes.  He did pulled back three minutes on the leaders of the race, but he started the day almost 14 minutes behind the man who took fourth on the stage, Greg Van Avermaet.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available though my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Since it is an original it is first come first served.  The painting was created using Yarka St Petersburg watercolors from Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 plus shipping. And yes, international shipping is available.

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