In Blagnac, Ageless gives Team Claw a pep talk.
Stay at the front, says Ageless.
We do stay at the front, says Baby Pierre. That's not why we're not winning.
Enlighten me, says Ageless.
It's because we're invisible, says Ouvert. We come in first every time, but nobody sees us.
It's the Vantablack paint, says Third Sister. And we're not happy with it.
I am, says Overt. They're not.
You're not invisible, says Ageless. I have proof. Alberto Contador saw you yesterday. He described you.
Me? says Ouvert.
Not you, Third Sister, says Ageless.
How did he describe me? squeaks Third Sister.
She is excited.
Plucky snake with looped legs, says Ageless.
Oh, says Third Sister.
It's not the description she'd hoped for.
But plucky is kind of a compliment, coming from Alberto.
The point is, says Ageless You're not invisible. Therefore you're not not winning because you're winning and nobody sees you, you're not winning because you're not winning full stop.
We'll win today, says Baby Pierre. Are you with me, Team Claw?
Yes! says Third Sister.
Yeppo! says Ouvert through the mouth he's not supposed to be using.
Ageless eyes Ouvert sternly.
Go, my Team, says Ageless. Be like water.
They go, wondering what he means.
........
In Rodez, Terence is waiting, but not at the finish.
He has run away from the clowns.
He is waiting for the Virgin to come out of the Cathédrale Notre Dame.
But she hasn't come out yet.
Tiny Sacrifice is with him.
Why don't we go in? asks Tiny.
Virgins live on the outside, says Terence.
So why are we waiting for her to come out? asks Tiny.
She must have gone in, says Terence.
Why? asks Tiny.
To get something, says Terence.
They wait ten more minutes.
I want the spinning plate back, that's all, says Terence, sadly.
Me too, says Tiny. But the Virgin won't have it.
She can get it, says Terence.
Poor Terence. He knows the Virgin can't get it. But Terence is a long way from home.
....
Let's return to the Tour de France, though. We should not ignore it completely.
Grimaldi and Pickelherring are standing near the finish line, in Rodez.
They are performing a routine that was made famous by Laurel and Hardy.
But no one is watching. Here comes Michael Matthews, from Team Sunweb. An Australian rider.
He wins!
Greg van Avermaet comes second, followed by Edvald Boassen Hagen.
After that a few people start watching the clowns.
Pickelherring pours himself a glass of water from a pitcher, puts the glass down and then drinks the rest of the water from the pitcher.
It's funny, and it gets funnier as he does it three times.
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