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4 comments on Tour of Britain 2016: Stage 2 – Carlisle to Kendal

Tour of Britain 2016: Stage 2 – Carlisle to Kendal

Cycling, art, Julien Vermote, Maxine Dodd

Hello!  Stage 2 of the Tour of Britain moved down from Scotland to England in the county of Cumbria with inevitably changeable weather. The race began in sunshine and finished in dark rain and mist. The course covered several punishing climbs, including one appropriately named, The Struggle. It was a hard day but plenty of fans – riders themselves out with their bikes – were up on the hills to give support. A delighted Julien Vermote burst away from Stephen Cummings on the last climb to take the win. He looked amazed as he crossed the line – a great day’s work! Here are my drawings:

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Julien Vermote
Beautiful Cumbria
Heading towards The Struggle
Yellow lines and crowds on The Struggle
Filthy day on The Struggle

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Maxine Dodd Artist

I’m a mixed media visual artist working in Leicestershire in the UK. I trained in Fine Art using different media including oils and acrylics, but my recent work reflects 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 – there is movement and energy everywhere.

4 responses to “Tour of Britain 2016: Stage 2 – Carlisle to Kendal”

  1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
    Alittlebitoutoffocus

    I think Steve is becoming a bit of a hero (certainly with me). He’s a bit of a maverick and you never know when he’ll strike ! Though it is good to see Sky varying their tactics for a change and it was a great win for Stannard yesterday. British cycling is in a good place at the moment. 🙂

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Avatar
      Maxine Dodd, artist

      Couldn’t agree more Mike! 😀

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  2. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
    Alittlebitoutoffocus

    I think you’ve captured the grizzly day perfectly ! It’s a shame Cummings didn’t win though. But then 2nd is better than last ! 🙂

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      Maxine Dodd, artist

      It was a dreadful day! Steve did very well really, I think he’s about 10 years older than Julien and he made a good break earlier, but I bet he’d rather have the win! 😀

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