Showing posts with label gravel roads of Strade Bianche. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gravel roads of Strade Bianche. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Strade Bianche 24: 81 K Out!


At the pre-race interviews, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) was asked when he was going to attack.  Without hesitation or any poker facing, he said he would attack on the Monte Sante Maria.  The thing was he was channeling the famous moment in USA Baseball when Babe Ruth point out to left field when he came up to bat, and then hit a home run in that exact space.  So it was with Pogacar, despite there being another 81 kilometers left in this edition of Strade Bianche, he attacked right where he said he would.  No one had the legs to go with the move, the move his team set up, the move that worked because they hadn’t let anyone get away, and the move that he let everyone know he would make.  Has he went over the top of the climb, even a rivals soigneur was startled to see him with a minute on the peloton already.

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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Strade Bianche: Victims of the Pace & the Gravel


Having done what he could for the team, Pieter Serry (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) drops off the back of the peloton and rides the rest of the way to Sienna off the back of the group.  Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Qazaqstan) had another reason for being off the back.  While we didn't see him crash, Lopez, seemed to have been involved in some sort of crash that left him with a broken rear derailleur.  With no team car in sight, he simply kept walking up the road in hopes of their imminent arrival with another bike.  Given that there was just 23 kilometers to race, it was unlikely he would be able to contest for even a top ten finish now.

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Strade Bianche: With Just a Moto for Company

I don't know if the goal was to escape the leaders or just to make the race hard on a steep gravel section but Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) rode off the front of the peloton with 49 kilometers to go.  As he looked back with 47 kilometers left to race all he go see was one of the commissare's motorcycles.  That is the last he ever saw of any two wheeled vehicles for the day.  Well, actually this moto has three wheels.  It has been a long time since I have seen a successful 49 kilometer solo break, but then there aren't many like Pogacar.  And he became the first former Tour de France winner (two times) to ever win Strade Bianche.  Chapeau!

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 painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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