It was to be a difficult day where it was hard to organise a chase. The sprinters were keen to increase their points. The Flame Rouge left behind, they hurtle towards the line. The crowds are cheering. Boards on the roadside being drummed by the fans who’ve stood in the wind and rain for hours. Sprinters about to have their moment of glory.
Mark Cavendish, Peter Sagan and André Greipel all wanting to make the line first after 189.5 km of hard cycling from Arras Communaute Urbaine to Amiens Metropole. Others dropping out as they supported their GC riders and tried to avoid the many crashes that occurred along the way.
In the rough weather the fans stayed by the roadside and waited for their favourites. The rain fell hard. The winds blew. The sprinters grouped and re-grouped. And then they were there and in the blink of an eye – gone – as they flew on to the finish of Stage 5 of Le Tour de France 2015.
Painting and Limited Edition Prints:
“Blink’ was in exhibition during hArt 2016 at Greenstage Gallery who exhibited the painting and SOLD it at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea in November 2016. Created on 80 x 60 cm primed canvas on deep stretchers with professional Daler-Rowney acrylics. I’m sorry you missed the original. Professionally printed on two sizes of paper, A2 and A3, to suit your wall space (or budget). Click on Prints to buy. 
