Rhythmic starbursts of green, white and yellow brushstrokes race across the horizontal canvas, punctuated by the silver-gray verticals of evenly spaced tree trunks.
Wiggins, who has had the race leader's yellow jersey since July 7, ordered other race participants to wait and allow Evans to catch up.
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It brought out the caution that ended the race under yellow, and Servia was hit with a 30-second penalty for what IndyCar deemed avoidable contact.
Landis allowed Pereiro to take the yellow jersey as the race left the Pyrenees at the end of the second week to conserve energy for the three crucial stages in the Alps.
Race workers in yellow volunteer jackets and police in yellow safety vests were running past me.
Armstrong, who by then had won his last of seven Tours de France, joked on air that the yellow tie he was wearing was made from the yellow jersey worn by the race's leader.
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It features a dozen riders from almost as many countries that have a plausible shot at winning the overall race and wearing the yellow jersey in Paris July 25.
Simpson became the first British rider to claim the race leader's yellow jersey in 1962 and his achievements paved the way for English-speaking competitors in a sport entirely dominated by Europeans.
Danica Patrick, the first woman to win the pole position at the Daytona 500, led three times, including five laps under green -- also becoming the first woman to lead a lap at the race not under a yellow flag caution.
The community even has its own bike race, the defiantly non-competitive Tour de Lopez where contestants race for burgers rather than a yellow jersey during the last weekend in April each year.
The 23-year-old, who is seven points clear of Ferrari's Felipe Massa heading into the race at Interlagos, wears a yellow helmet because of his admiration for Senna, who was killed in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
Lance fans who made it to the finish line at the top of the alpine ski resort of Courchevel went wild as their hero took back the leading rider's yellow jersey in a ceremony just after the race.
Time off: Sails around Lake Geneva in his yellow catamaran preparing for the Bol d'Or race, which he won last year.
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Kenyan-born Froome finished second in last year's race and is one of the favorites to take the yellow jersey in 2013.
Dickson took the flag in the second Superbike race but Pearson successfully appealed the result, arguing that Dickson had passed under a yellow flag.
In the Laser class, Paul Goodison was dealt two yellow flag penalties for illegal pumping of the sails and was forced to retire from his first race of the day, but he recovered with a fifth to finish the day third overall.
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