Another flat stage.
And again it is hot.
At once, Liam Slock breaks away, thinking, best get this done.
Surfing-with-Whales thinks of following Slock, but does not.
He stays with the peloton.
He finds himself level with Pablo.
I hear Team Condor is having a poetry competition, says Pablo.
Yeah, I know, says Surfing-with-Whales. I guess it takes their mind off the heat.
My team is not into poetry, says Pablo.
Mine either, says Surfing-with-Whales.
Just into winning, says Pablo.
Mine's not even that much into winning, says Surfing-with-Whales.
They do very well for guys their age, says Pablo.
I guess so, says Surfing-with-Whales. Hey, you're a poet.
I like to think so, says Pablo.
Maybe you and me could have a poetry competition, says Surfing-with-Whales.
I would win, says Pablo.
What if I pick the topic? says Surfing-with-Whales.
Okay, says Pablo. Pick it.
Sweezus's sister, says Surfing-with-Whales.
That is a strange topic, says Pablo.
Take it or leave it, says Surfing-with-Whales.
I'll take it, says Pablo. But right now the intermediate sprint is upon us.
Shit yeah, so it is.
They speed up, but too late. Jasper Philipsen wins it.
Surfing-with-Whales looks for the feeding station. He want food and he needs ice as well.
There it is!
Terence hands him a bag of ice to slip down the back of his jersey.
Belle hands him a musette filled with rich paté de Périgueux.
That's better.
He speeds up, refreshed, and returns to his poem.
He has one advantage over Pablo Neruda.
He has worked on it since yesterday.
There was a young lady from France/ who decided to learn how to dance/ she developed a blister/ when somebody kissed her/ it was Sweezus's sister from France.
He is not sure about France. But what rhymes with Adelaide? Or anywhere else for that matter?
And anyway, where is he? He's fallen behind now.
More importantly, where is Liam Slock?
Still out the front with 1.5 km to go. What a legend. How has he done it?
But the peloton is looming behind him.
And all the best sprinters are in it.
Including Tim Merlier, who won the stage yesterday.
And wins it today. Well done him.
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