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Flat Out TdF26-77
I had back issues and went to the ER today, I was worried that the medicine I was given would affect the way I painted. If it did, I think it improve it. This may be one of my most favorites of the fourteen years I have been painting the Tour. Somehow even after a hundred miles at the fastest pace of any Tour stage in history, the sprinters were able to ramp it up just that much faster. At just a hundred meters, Soren Waerenskjold (Uno X-Mobility) was on the front with Pascal Ackerman (Jayco-Alula), Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural-Seguros), Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling), Milan Fretin (Cofidis) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) were all hoping that they could get around the Norwegian to claim the stage in Nevers. Warenskjold has finished second in two stages thus far, was this going to be the one that he got right? Or was Philipsen finally going to get that elusive stage in this Tour. He has one ten stages in his career, but not yet in the 113th Tour. Girmay is still looking for his first win in two years.