Lance, Illustrated: Bicycling Features Four Armstrong Covers

Was the Lance Armstrong-inspired artwork we featured on Friday too abstract (or pricey) for your tastes? Not to worry. Fans of figuration and cycling alike should race to newsstands, where the August issue of Bicycling sports four different illustrated Armstrong covers. The magazine commissioned a diverse quartet of graphic artists to depict Armstrong in four distinct eras. Alex Gross rendered “First Yellow” Lance (pictured above, at right) in a dotty field of sunflowers after his first Tour de France win in 1999, while Sterling Hundley focused on Armstrong’s seventh straight win in “No.

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