Paris-Nice 2015 Stage 4

A two man break set Thomas De Gent

Attacking Sorensen for acting un-gent

The peloton may be out of sorts

'Cause of open-end tsouris from CIRC report

The pace picks up in last KMs forty

Aggression marks today's sortie

Lots of hills all the way 

On the slopes of the Croix de Chaubouret

Gilbert is in the mood to play

'Tho he won't win dots today

Talansky punctures at 18 out

He's still fighting--that's what he's

about

A mountaintop finish with no place to hide 

Geraint T steps up for Sky

TJ breaks out Bardet beside 

And Porte moves up with Kwaitkowski—a mighty ride! 

Richie powering the final KM

Geraint joins— two toiling gentleman 

Richie Porte wins, his mate close behind

Sky's fine day out puts both men on the line

Kwaitkowski comes three

I'm sure Etixx-Quick Step is happy!

Paris-Nice 2015 Stage 3

Paris-Nice 2015

Stage 3

Good Morning Paris-Nice

In the break is Philippp G

Also Florian Vashon

They prance before the Peloton 

Phil, brave man, is on a mission

No food for him, has he permission?

He's heading for polka dots

Tommy V joins an pace locks

Oh, Philippe--you bound ahead

A need for speed your daily bread!

I love my Retina Display 

As Philippe G steps up today 

The final climb falls to Phil

The break cooperates on hill

The group begins to motivate 

The margin shortens for the break

Philippe sits up at  18 K

He is finished for today

as Tommy and Vachon

They led the way with style and fashion

Bardet steps up with Bakelants

Tiralongo works, recants

Mathews takes a well earned win

Green Edge will be pleased with him

Paris-Nice 2015 Stage 2

Paris-Nice 2015 Stage 2

A one man break

Gerard, Arnaud

Leads the race

On lonely road 

The road is long

The road is straight 

It must be hard 

To concentrate 

At 30 K

Cannondale awakes

At 18 K they cede their place

Brian Coquard punctures late

Europcar accepts its fate

Lars Boom and Thomas, G

Are in front with Martin T

The sprint is on 

Greipel gets it! 

Good work Lotto Jum

Teamwork distinguished a stage ho-hum

Paris-Nice 2015 Stage One

Paris Nice 2015

Stage One

With 50 km yet to achieve 

Who has something up their sleeve?

In the break brave Tommy V

And Delaplace, Anthony 

The skies seem a little grey

Ditto the mood--

CIRC report out today

The peloton has put on the breaks

All they need are tea and cakes

I don't mind the sleepy pace

A quick cuppa joe wouldn't be out of place

A big bunch sprint is the plan

So many chiefs

So few Indians

A slow, slow day through tomorrow through the Loire

Tom Boonen crashes 

Nice now a place too far

Tommy and Tony start to compete

It's possible they may complete

Unlikely, but the bunch has been asleep

Right now the lead is theirs' to keep

Lotto has Greipel under their wing

He's chafing to do his thing

Wiggins is trying to push the group

All the sprinters are in the soup

A brilliant ride by the two Tees

They're caught but certainly not with ease

Kristoff wins in a blaze

Bouhanni took two

Just one of those days 

Katusha didn't give much support

He won anyway--it's that kind of sport

We wait for the fate of Tom, Boon

Etixx-Quick-Step steeped in gloom 

Prologue Paris--Nice 2015

Quite arbitrarily

Today the season starts for me

(As well as Aru, Matthews, and Talansky)

Stage One Paris -Nice

Is a TT

Watching Gilbert is still a thrill

Some things don't change 

And never will

Degenkolb does nicely

And Gerraint Thomas

Gilbert in good form

He keeps us honest

Talansky comes behind Porte

by seconds ten

And interesting measure between two men

Kwaitkowski eclipses Rohan D

Mr Dennis can not be happy

Also Martin, T

A stellar ride for Kwaitkowski!

Sir Brad takes his turn

But does not top ten earn

Ditto Garderen, T

Kwaitkowski wins

So close Dennis Rohan

T. Martin is three

Bradley also ran

World ITT 2014

World ITT 2014

The World's ITT went to Wiggo

His post race face showed this was biggo

After couch-sulking at home through July

He's happy to be the winning guy

For British sport he's been such a booster

We'd be fine if he crowed like a rooster

Der Panzerwagen came in second

T. Martin's ride is still to be reckoned

He's been first three years in a row

But this years' laurels rest on Wiggo

HOUR RECORD JENS VOIGT

A German Virgo

Forty three

He 's got this licked mathmatically

With heavy metal playlist booming

Jens Voigt plans an hours' zooming !

He claims this is his final circuit

Retirement-- Jensie works it!!

The Velodrome packed to the rafters 

He says goodby for ever after 

The Hour Record his to grab

His silver shoes are super bad

He's in the zone striving for control

Here we go!  Let's rock and roll! 

He must practice holding back

Which is not for Jens a natural act

Oh, Jens! Oh, Jens!  

it churlish to wonder

How you would ride this if you were younger ?

Your form is great 

Your fitness fab

But what about this feels a bit sad?

After seventeen seasons as cycling sage

It's tough to withdraw because of age

For one for whom suffering is a religion

It 's hard to retire on television

You know what? He's having fun

The crowd just loves to see him run!

At eight minutes to go

He puts on a show

A picture perfect ride is Jens'

I know he would like to do it again

The Hour Record holds his name

Jens quits at the top of his game!!!

Fresh as a daisy he takes his crown

Jens, we will miss having you around!