Tour Down Under, Stage 1: Getting Together

Wth just 2 kilometers left in the first stage of the 2019 Pro Tour race, it was a struggle for the teams to get their sprint trains together.  The wide straight roads, the head wind, and the desire to open the season with a win made everyone try to take their chance to hold the front.  At this point it was Mitchelton-Scott (the home country pro team) holding the front as the others lined it out behind them.

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Paris Nice, Stage 5: Preparing to Launch

With just over a kilometer left to race, it was full on on the the front of the peloton.  As always, it was a combination of sprinters wanting to take the stage, and GC contenders trying to stay at the front to avoid trouble or splits that could result in lost seconds.  Arnaud Demare (FDJ) has his guys on the front hoping to make his Sprinter's Green Jersey that was on loan from Julian Alaphilippe (Quickstep) into his own.  Around the Frenchman were some other hopefuls including John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) and lead out men for Sunweb and LottoNL-Jumbo, as well as his own pilot fish.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  It is only $75 USD and international shipping is available.

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Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 3: Timing the Catch

The peloton did not want to catch the break too early.  For the sprinter's teams it would mean they had to work that much harder to control the front of the group, to keep other opportunists from attacking off of the front.  As they rolled under the 10 K banner, Etixx-Quickstep had all of their train together, the question was, were they setting up their sprinter or just protecting the Maglia Azzura of Zdenek Stybar?  Riding in the second train was Orica-GreenEdge undoubtedly setting up their youn fast man, Caleb Ewan.

This is a small original watercolor and ink painting that was created live using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting is available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com, just follow the direct link at the end of this post to get your piece of Tirreno-Adriatico.

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Tour de France Stage 7: Lining Up His Train

With just five kilometers to the line in Fougeres, John Degenkolb (Giant Alpecin) put his whole team on the front to drive the pace.  A high pace will make sure that no other opportunist will be able to escape from the peloton, thus stealing the thunder from marquee sprinters.  Notice behind the RVs behind the riders.  Many European's are given a three week vacation that they will use to follow the Tour from stage to stage.  Phil Liggett, long time commentator of the Tour, always says, that during every July, you can't book a camper for love or money, they are all out on the road in France.

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Tour de France Stage 5: All for Mark

It is a true testament to the quality of the team spirit of Etixx-Quickstep that one of the two most prized jersey of professional cycling, the Maillot Jaune, was leading out their sprinter, Mark Cavendish.  Just before I painted this, Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quickstep) rolled off of the front of the pace line wearing the other prized jersey, the Rainbow Stripes of the World Road Racing Championships.  Just ahead of Cavendish, was his long time lead out man, Mark Renshaw.  The quartet of Etixx-Quickstep men were riding away from Astana and the rest of the greatly reduced peloton, not unlike the way Tony Martin claim the Yellow Jersey at the end of Stage 4.

This is a small original watercolor and ink painting that was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from Jack Richeson & Company.  They are a small family run art supply company located in north central United States with incredible high quality supplies for artists and crafters alike.  You can learn more at their website, www.richesonart.com.  This work, and all of my cycling artwork, is available for purchase through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To buy this particular painting for only $60 USD, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Remember, this is a one of a kind original, so don't delay, once this painting is gone, it is gone!

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