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
 
 

Tete de la Course TdF26-59

The translation of the title is "head of the race." At sixty-nine kilometers to go, Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) was in a small breakaway with a twenty-four second gap to the peloton. Alaphilippe is not having the best of Tours, so it was nice to see him at the right end of the race today. He and his teammate, Marco Haller, are on one of two teams that are wearing a black kit, not the best color for the hottest day of the Tour's history. Three of the other hottest days in history are also from this, the 113th, Tour de France. That may be why Alaphilippe is pouring his water bottle onto his teammates back. At this point they are joined by Michel Hessman (Movistar), Dorran Godon (Netcompany-Ineos) and Xabler Mikel Zaparren (Pinarello-Q36.5). I should point out that shortly after I painted this, the group was chased down and absorbed by the peloton. It was the last time I saw the idol of the French cycling fans today.