A good day for racing.
Bang! The teams ride out of Murray Bridge.
Sweezus: Hear what happened to Baby Pierre?
Surfing-with-Whales: Yeah.
Julian Alaphillipe: What is it that happened?
Surfing-with-Whales: Came off. He's having Reiki.
Lilian Calmejane: Did he get road rash?
Isaac del Toro: Road rash? I thought Baby Pierre was a pebble.
Danny van Poppel (thinks): Hmm. I must tell Sam Welsford.
He zooms off.
Langhorne Creek.
Baby Pierre is going great guns. Wheee! All because of the Reiki. He can feel it right now.
Lauren can do it long distance.
It feels good. Whoop! Nothing can stop him.
Dany van Poppel has caught up to Sam Welsford.
Danny van Poppel: Keep an eye out for Baby Pierre. He's had Reiki.
Sam Welsford: Thanks for the heads up.
Danny van Poppel: That's okay. By the way, happy birthday.
Sam Welsford: Thanks, bro. Feeling lucky!
Gemmell Hill. The only climb of the day.
Team Philosophe is having trouble.
Vello: Puff-puff. My knee!
David: Puff-puff. Rise above it.
Gaius: We could all do with a sip of your prize.
Vello: What? The bath water?
Gaius: Only joking.
David: Has Lauren succeeded in getting it?
Vello: Puff-puff. Yes. She gave it to me this morning. It's in my back pocket.
David: You brought it with you?
Vello: Safest place for it.
Gaius: And the most foolish.
Vello (looking over his shoulder): A small sip won't hurt.
David and Gaius are aghast. Surely he wouldn't!
Vello sips the bath water.
It does seem to help him get up Gemmell Hill.
But not to win.
Nor does Baby Pierre win, as he has done too many doublebacks and loopings.
No, sorry to say, it's again going to be, for the third time this Tour...
The birthday boy, Sam Welsford.
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