2015 Tour de France Stage 2

2015 Tour de France Stage 2

Today in Utrecht, Netherlands

2 in 14 have come as fans

So, old and young

Prepped for fun

Out to cheer the race

The other 13 

scramble for place

In front of TV or café

Tour is the only thing

On today

The Dutch love of cycling is profound

From Utrecht to Zelande hallowed ground

The weather implodes

with 40 miles to go

Crosswinds and rain

Create a scary scenario

Jens Debusschere, Wilco K, and Adam Hansen

have hit the dirt

They ride on in a world of hurt

Quintano and Peraud are behind in group three

Nibali is in group two and quite unhappy

Then he flats

Contador and TJ are in front

With ten miles to go

They like it like that

Blue Skies unfold

The sprinters get bold

Sagan struggles to stay relevant

The roundabouts in the room an elephant

Right at the front is the only place to be

There as predicted is Mark, C

Also Chris Froome and Garderen, TJ

Cancellara has eyes

For today’s prize

Kwiatkowski most aggressive 

Griepel wins big

Sagan Two

Cancellara third 

He’s in Yellow!!!  Whoo Hooo!

Nibali/Quintana lose 1:27

Chris Froome does well

Netherlands are in Heaven

2015 Tour de France Stage One--Prologue

Stage One—Prologue

While researching current events

It turns out Quintana is quite the mench

A Columbian feminist and general good fellow

He definitely could be wearing Yellow

 Utrecht has never been so hot

The Tour de France is boiling the pot

Quintana the crowd seems to enjoy

He has transitioned from the new boy

A sizzling Time Trial starts this year’s race 

Three weeks in blissful cycling embrace

Rohan Dennis does a great turn

55.446km/hr a Tour record he earns

Tom Dumoulin for Giant- Alpecin

A Dutchman cycling his native land

8 seconds off Dennis he does his best

Tony Martin is now put to the test

Sagan on the road with the rest

Cancellara the only threat

Leaps out the start house

Raises a sweat

No one can best Dennis, Rohan

Today he is the winning man

Record high temps 

and a record high pace

A worthy start to this year’s race

Amgen Tour 2015 Stage 8

It was a photo finish

Which I did not see

Sagan won the overall

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Amgen Tour 2015 Stage 7

A very difficult finish

On Mt Baldy's fog swept pate

Is the holy grail 

For an aggressive break

Daniel Oss is present

As he's been all week

Today's stage is mountainous

And not one for the meek

Sky hopes Sergio Hanao

can climb his way to top of po

Robert Gesink has high hopes

Lotto-Jumbo knows the ropes

Pete Sagan would like to win

And you can not discount him

A less than four miles to the climb

Team Sky is setting the time

Up! Up! Up! 

Many fall out the back

Followed by Alaphilippe Sergio attacks! 

Alaphilippe gets ahead—no one expected

The young rider from France must be respected 

I KM to the peak

A trial for Alaphilippe 

Sagan soldiers on limiting his loss

He digs deep on the peak 

and shows why he’s the Boss

But Alaphilippe France’s jewel

Takes a stage of climbing cruel

Chapeau! ALPHAphilippe

Now one of the elite

Sagan could still win the race

His guts today not commonplace

He gave it all he had and more

Tomorrow’s stage an open door!

Amgen Tour 2015 Stage 6

12:31 Pete Sagan

wins the ITT

He brought his A game clearly

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The Hincapie boys are in town

Their lads in front are found

Respect to the bosses

Respect to the Yellow

22 miles and all is mellow

A breakaway of three

teases Team Hincapie

Also Etixx and Saxo-Tink?

They ask George H. “What do you think?”

'I’m here early, we’re all aglow

Our lads are putting on a show'

He wants to help if he can

Hincapie is a happy man

He and, of course, Jens Voigt

Retired with next moves adroit

The spotlight neither has to relinquish

Both irrepressible, hard to extinguish

Ditto the break ‘tho it’s a sprint finish

Hard rain falls-we totally need it

Latvian’s love rain—Tom almost bleeds it!

The fight is on to see who leads it

1KM Sagan is snug

But Mark takes it cold and earns a hug!!!

Win times three for wily Mark C

But worth the trip for George Hincapie

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Hincapie's Latvian youth 

Tom Skujins by name

Wins big and Pete comes second