Greig Leach

It is a true testament to the quality of the team spirit of Etixx-Quickstep that one of the two most prized jersey of professional cycling, the Maillot Jaune, was leading out their sprinter, Mark Cavendish. Just before I painted this, Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quickstep) rolled off of the front of the pace line wearing the other prized jersey, the Rainbow Stripes of the World Road Racing Championships. Just ahead of Cavendish, was his long time lead out man, Mark Renshaw. The quartet of Etixx-Quickstep men were riding away from Astana and the rest of the greatly reduced peloton, not unlike the way Tony Martin claim the Yellow Jersey at the end of Stage 4.