Greig Leach

Contemporary figurative art created with oilsticks on paper, watercolors, stained glass and mixed media color based images of people, food, cycling and faith-based iconography
 
 

Accepting the Inevitable TdF26-49

A newer Tour tradition seems to be those left in the breakaway saluting each other as the peloton closes in. Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarche) reaches over for a fist bump from his breakaway companion Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros). The pair has been off the front of the race for roughly a hundred and fifty kilometers, but the sprinters want their chance to shine. It was a doomed enterprise, but nothing ventured nothing gained. Veistroffer did pick up maximum sprint points and the sole King of the Mountain point out on the course today. I suspect he will also be rewarded the most competitive rider of the stage for the second time this Tour.