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Polka Dots, Virtually TdF23-31
I kind of stumbled when titling this painting. I meant to write "Virtual Polka Dots" but when working with ink and with watercolors, you have to learn to accept your mistakes and then figure out a way to make them work. The same could be said for Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost). He missed the early break, but put in the effort to chase them down. He went over the previous climb first uncontested. Now he was being challenged at the summit of the Cat 1 Col d'Aspin by Gorka Izagirre (Movistar) as Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) looked on. Van Aert was the man that went from the moment Prudhomme waved the flag that started the stage. Clearly, he was on a mission today. The question is, what is that missioin? Is he riding for the stage, or is he setting something up for his team leader deep into the final kilometers of the stage.