Wednesday, May 22, 2013

TAPPA 17 Giro d'Italia 2013


Tappa 17 Giro d'Italia 2013


Caravaggio to Vicenza
These names lend us
a sense of history
medieval mystery
soaring citadels
in grey stone
ancient roads
for the peloton
The big question 
is the climb
up Crosara
For the finish is flat
with 25 points
if you can climb that
mount--a category four
Cavendish wants one stage more
Sorry I missed his birthday
I was on a getaway
Here's cheers to Cav
twenty eight
A man who shows us
what is "great"
a true champ we can contemplate
even when he is irate
With 100 K to go
The mood is mellow
Nibali is a happy fellow
Ditto Pirazzi KOM
With many climbs still 
before him
A fast pace by Argos
and OPQS
tries the break to harness
Other teams come to the fore
Hoping for an open door
Also to improve their karma
No pain no gain for Omega-Pharma
 Cannondale and Argos share the work
Movistar also won't shirk
The break is flying impudently
It's do or die for all to see
Belkov clearly on a mission
He'd like to win 
with Gods' permission
He takes the sprint intermediate
five more points are his to get
San Bonafacio
The Giro so classy-o
But at 40 km/h per
is it all a blur?
Mark wants points
It keeps him engaged
He is at a dangerous age
Building from a foundation firm
all laurels are his to earn
The fastest sprinter of his era
And he seems to know no fear--ah!
His daughter Delilah has not sapped
his powers
He is the uomo of the hour
Birthday cheers to Vande Velde
Happy Returns we wish you well!
 Veterans like Voigt, J.
allow you to embrace your Earth Day
The mountain stages yet to come
occur in weather not much fun
But now with Ks left 33
Crosara looms forbiddingly
The climb begins
At first gently
The race will form up
consequently
Technical and very steep
Crosara is tough to  complete
We hope that Cav can make it 
Also rough on all the swifts
Climbers alone can smile at this
Lampre sets a quite high speed
the sprinters suffer to succeed
Visconti surges showing form
Rubiano riding beyond the norm
Putting up an excellent fight
Visconti starts showing 
his great might
His descending form a textbook
Not even a backward look!
Suffering, he has a chance
What a fantastic performance!
He wins the stage for Movistar!
With wins like that he will go far


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