Giro Day Four: DiLuca's Late Attack

Daniello DiLuca had a rough break in yesterday's stage crashing on the last descent of the day and shearing off his rear derailleur and losing two and a half minutes.  So while the peleton was watching Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins he jumped out and stormed off, a few tried to go with him but they couldn't hang.  He quickly passed Sylvain Georges and stormed off through the driving rain in hopes of a victory akin to Paolini's that placed him in the Maglia Rosa.  In the true heartbreaking style of the peleton, he was caught with less than 500 meters to the line.  But he was able to gain time on many of his rivals, most notably Wiggins.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard and is available for sale on my artist website, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Giro Day Four: Alone With 15 K

Sylvain Georges went with a group of four other riders at about 25K to go, but ditch them all on the steep climb that came just before the end of the stage.  He managed to get out alone with only fifteen kilometers left in the 240 kilometer stage.  I thought for sure he had pulled the upset, but then, like stage 3, the favorites started attacking each other, thus raising their pace.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard, painted with Richeson and Company's watercolors, brushes and paper.  Like all of the other works in this series, this is available for purchase on my artist website,  just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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