La Grande Boucle!

Tour de France 1903 was the first time this iconic race took place. A brutally difficult loop around France to help promote L’Auto magazine before it became the now modern version L’Équipe. Still making trips around France the race is the largest rolling billboard for sponsors in the world – and you can watch it for free on the side of the road. Vive le Tour!

This original painting was created on a 40×60 inch canvas with acrylic paints. Layered to create a textured finish and designed to have a sense of the golden poster age, with a modern flair.

Please let me know if you would like to talk about it or if you have any questions.

Tour de France 1903 Prints AVAILABLE HERE

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Artist: Michael Valenti

Michael Valenti creates unique Cycling Art from Iconic Races, Places and Faces around the world. With over 100 different digital art prints, watercolor original paintings and large acrylic paintings on canvas there’s new work to enjoy all the time. 

Michael’s drawing on location work has brought him to over 60 UCI World Tour stages including the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Tour Down Under and many more.

Private commissions and event design projects for marketing and merchandise are also a large part of what Valenti Cycling Art is all about.

Free to roam.

“Ride by the lake” is my happy place. Cycling is all about freedom and nature for me. Rolling around at my speed, exploring, enjoying and feeling alive. I always have a plan and most days it gets changed, I’m happy to explore, I’m happy to find new trails and roads. I’m still amazed I can find new places to ride even though I’ve lived here almost twenty years. That’s a lot of bike rides. That’s a lot of happy.

“Ride by the lake” is not an actual place but a vision of a perfect place. Open grassy fields with easy rolling hills giving way to a little lake surrounded by woods. Wait a minute, it is a real place, it’s where I live. Heavy use of applied paints help give this painting a unique texture and unexpected little details as you get closer. At a distance the work is simple, bold and has a rich muted color making it a perfect choice for a grown-ups home or office if you know one.

Please let me know if you would like to talk about it or if you have any questions.

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Artist: Michael Valenti

Michael Valenti creates unique Cycling Art from Iconic Races, Places and Faces around the world. With over 100 different digital art prints, watercolor original paintings and large acrylic paintings on canvas there’s new work to enjoy all the time. 

Michael’s drawing on location work has brought him to over 60 UCI World Tour stages including the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Tour Down Under and many more.

Private commissions and event design projects for marketing and merchandise are also a large part of what Valenti Cycling Art is all about.

Classic Belgian color.

Belgian Rain is just one more way for me to express my love of all cycling things Belgian. From the cobbles, the bergs, the classics, the beer, the riders. And especially the classic Belgian colors. Black, Yellow, Red and light Blue the colors of the Belgian national jersey. One of my most favorite iconic jerseys.

The painting is obviously very bold in color and paint texture looking very simple from a distance and more intricate and detailed as you get closer. If you’re looking for a big bang of color and a way to enjoy your love of cycling everyday, this is your painting.

Please let me know if you would like to talk about it or if you have any questions.

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Artist: Michael Valenti

Michael Valenti creates unique Cycling Art from Iconic Races, Places and Faces around the world. With over 100 different digital art prints, watercolor original paintings and large acrylic paintings on canvas there’s new work to enjoy all the time. 

Michael’s drawing on location work has brought him to over 60 UCI World Tour stages including the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Tour Down Under and many more.

Private commissions and event design projects for marketing and merchandise are also a large part of what Valenti Cycling Art is all about.