Greig Leach

The reason I picked this image to paint was primarily for the aesthetics. I was intrigued by all of the variations of green. That and it was also a great illustration of what it is to pay your team back for their hard work. It was a rare sight to see the Maillot Vert on the front of a break away that was climbing a second categorized climb of the day. Sagan was pulling the breakaway further away from the peloton behind. The plan was to help his teammate, Romain Kreuziger, climb up the general classification. I must apologize for getting the colors of the Czech flag out of order. It should be White, Red, Blue. Inbetween the Tinkoff riders is Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac) who had the rather spectacular crash yesterday. As a testimony to his toughness, he finished the stage yesterday, and came out to the start today. In case their was any doubt, he confirmed it by getting into the break today. Following this trio are Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) and Sergio Henao (Team Sky).