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Tour de France 2016: Stage 1 – Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

Tour de France, cycling art, Just when everyone writes him off, Cavendish does it again! by Maxine Dodd, watercolour, pen and ink

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:

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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!

 

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Maxine Dodd – Art

I’m a contemporary artist working in Leicestershire in the UK. I trained in Fine Art using different media including oils and acrylics, but my recent work is a return to my love of drawn media, especially pen, ink, watercolour and pastels. My theme is movement – My subjects are varied from landscape, animals, musicians, dancers and sport, especially cycling. The unifying feature of all these subjects is that they are constantly changing – even in a landscape there is movement everywhere! I capture the energy of elusive moments often starting with a quick pen and ink drawing. I write and publish my artworks on a blog called ‘Racing Lines’.

6 responses to “Tour de France 2016: Stage 1 – Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach Sainte-Marie-du-Mont”

  1. Sheree Avatar
    Sheree

    Lovely to see your gorgeous paintings of the Tour once more.

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Avatar
      Maxine Dodd, artist

      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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  2. Tim Snaith Avatar
    Tim Snaith

    Great to see Cav back at his best; hopefully he’ll get a few more!

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Avatar
      Maxine Dodd, artist

      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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      1. Tim Snaith Avatar
        Tim Snaith

        One more today! Not bad for a man they said was past it!

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      2. Maxine Dodd, artist Avatar
        Maxine Dodd, artist

        Didn’t he do well? A fantastic finish! So pleased to see him win again! 😄

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