To Merckx, Kelly, and Plankaert for showing us the way,
the smell of embrocation and massage and the end of the day
The cobbled climbs of Flanders and mighty Cols of France,
and even the fixie hipsters who wear their sisters pants
Be thankful for your rivals and faithful domestiques,
they give us motivation on the lofty peaks
May dopers never prosper and wheelsuckers never win,
be true to The Big Ring and the break you will always be in

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