Racing Lines
Art by Maxine Dodd
Tour de France 2016: Stage 1 – Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Bonjour! How wonderful to be back with Le Tour! Where did the year go? After a grim week in the UK, it was fantastic to lose oneself on the beautiful shoreline of Normandy. The stage was full of thrills, including a dramatic fall for Contador; a nip and tuck breakaway for Alex Howes and Anthony Delaplace but the man who took us all by surprise was Mark Cavendish, who brilliantly took his 27th stage win and his first ever Yellow Jersey! Wow! What a start! Here are my drawings:
Stage 1: Départ
All the red flags!
Cross winds by the sea
Tearing round the bend,
In front
Celebration – The game is up
Stage 1, You can’t beat this lot!
Flat out to the finish!
Just when everyone writes him off, Cavendish does it again!
Great to see Cav back at his best; hopefully he’ll get a few more!
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Absolutely! Wouldn’t it be great if he did? I think he’s owed a few after the past couple of years. Keep everything crossed! 😁
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One more today! Not bad for a man they said was past it!
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Didn’t he do well? A fantastic finish! So pleased to see him win again! 😄
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Lovely to see your gorgeous paintings of the Tour once more.
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Thank you so much, Sheree! I love doing them! It’s so great to see Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan doing well too 😄
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