Greig Leach

It wasn't until I was photographing this painting to post that I discovered I hadn't written, "Keeping the Italian Hopes Alive" I was able to squeeze in an "S" to make some sort of grammatical sense for this, perhaps, my favorite of my Giro paintings. Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain Merida) had his best time trial of his career, allowing him to hold third on the general classification against some true strongman of the discipline. He is the, somewhat unexpected, best place Italian in their home tour. With his climbing legs, he is still in with a chance to move up on the GC, maybe even to take the Maglia Rosa in the last week of the race. His legs out style may not have looked pretty today, but it sure got the job done!