Thomas Voeckler

acrylic on canvas 12x16" sold

the 2011cycling season has started

and to warm up, here an enlarged scene 

from the 2009 Tour de France

the feistyVoeckler winning ettape 5 

just as he did in yesterday's

Paris Nice stage...

L'arc de Triumph

acrylic on canvas 16x20" sold

a larger study from this years Tour de France final stage,

this time 16x20" acrylic on canvas

Lance Armstrong

acrylic on paper 8x12" sold

good ol' lance...

3d place...result!!

etappe 21 Paris Champs Elysees

acrylic on paper 8x11" sold

always such a spectacular finish to the tour

the historic setting,all those enthousiastic people,

the noise,the colors,the movement

a total assault on the senses

i hope you enjoyed it as much as i did...

etappe 20 Montelimar-Mount Ventoux

acrylic on paper 6x9" sold

ok,maybe not the nail biting final we hoped for
but still very impressive Mount Ventoux

etappe 19 Bourgoin jallieu-Aubenas

acrylic on paper 5x9" sold

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blimey!!

win number 5

Cavendish and Columbia

fastest again

etappe 18 Annecy time trial

acrylic on paper 5x8" sold

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Contadorrrrrrr!

unbeatable...

etappe 17 Bourg St Maurice-Le Grand Bornard

acrylic on paper 6x9" sold

what would the tour be without the Schlecks?

they might not win the tour,but they sure leave their mark

plus they are just top blokes!

etappe 16 Martigny-Bourg St Maurice

acrylic on paper 6x9" sold

a beautiful day in the Alps,here the break-away of the day

stage winner Asterloza,the excellent Van Den Broeck

and polka dot jersey holder Pellizotti

etappe 15 pontarlier - Verbier

acrylic on paper 6x9" sold

Lance is the Boss

Contador the Best

etappe 14 Colmar - Besancon

. acrylic on paper 6x8" sold

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George Hincapie

i think everybody wanted Big George in yellow

after that big break-away on stage 14

and after years of riding for others...

everybody except Carmin slipstream...

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cycling fans just placed one of my paintings

on their wonderful site

check it out,it is a great site!

thanks guys

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etappe 13 Vittel -- Colmar

acrylic on paper 6x9"

donner und wetter

a dreadfull day on the Platzerwazel

but not for German Aussi Heinrich Haussler,

an explosive stage win!

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a little mention of painting le tour

over at attack point

cheers mate

etappe 12 Tonnerre - Vittel

acrylic on paper 6x8" sold

a great win by Saxo renner Nicki Sorensen

breaking away from the break-away

now let's hope for some more gc excitement tomorrow in the Vosges

maybe it is time for the Schlecks?

etappe 11 Vatan - St Fargeau

acrylic on paper 8x6"

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untouchable!

that cheeky so and so...

nr 4 for Columbia and Cavendish

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nice little promo

from Bike world

thanks guys!

etappe 10 Limoges-Issoudun

acrylic on paper 6x9" sold

a strange day,more action off ,then on the road...

here is a breakaway of 4 brave soldiers

they got caught just before the finish,

guess who won the bunch sprint!

etappe 8+9

acrylic on paper 6x9" sold

the Pyrenees' stages 8 and 9 were very similar,

exciting finishes

but not much excitement from the main contenders.

ok Schleck and Evans both had a little dig...very little...

and the green jersey changed shoulders

but for me the winner was the scenery

here the riders going down the legendary Tourmalet

etappe 7 Barcelona-Andorra

acrylic on paper 5x7" sold

the first mountain stage
and Contador made his first move,
man can he climb!

i think the rest can go home...

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this painting is featured

at the lifting shadows blog

contadorrrrr

etappe 6 Girona-Barcelona

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acrylic on paper 6x9"

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THOR!!!

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on the wet and dangerous streets of Barcelona

Thor Hushovd finally took his sprint victory

here he is in grey (started in white!)

taking Oscar Freire on the outside...

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etappe 5 Cap d'Agde-perpignan

acrylic on paper 6x8"

the break that stayed away...just

another windy stage...

great to see Skill-Shimano up front again

and Thomas Voeckler?

after his stage win today,

the French darling can forever dine out...

for free!

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Robert Gesink

acrylic on paper 6x8"

i was looking forward to painting Gesink

winning his first mountain stage at this years tdf

poor guy

a tumble and broken wrist

and his year is wasted...

with menchov loosing a minute per stage

can things get worse for Rabo??

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