As you might know the Tour of Qatar (7-12 February) and the Tour of Oman (14-19 February) took place two weeks ago.
The Tour of Qatar was won by Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team), with Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) winning the ranking by points and Roger Kluge (Team Milram) taking the best young rider's jersey home. The Tour of Oman was won by Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) but Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) took both the green and the white jersey.
Viral Verse, a UK team of poets and film makers passionate about creating video poetry that rocks, decided to create a video poet tribute to the young Norwegian rider.
That's what I call an original way of summarising a race and since I didn't publish a summary of these races, I thought you might be interested discovering the video poem!
Here's the text of the poem (hoping I didn't make too much mistakes writing down the poem):
- They came with promiss and victory on their lips
Sinus tart, eyes balled
Team Sky from Down Under to the Middle East
In Qatar they began with a podium win
Strategised, energised, a new team of power bursting within
But the next day dawn than the God's claim their toll
Arvesen down, Hagen dazed, only Stannard kept our gaze
In the days to follow, the wind whipped hope away
Blood spilled, bones broke
We scan the pack for blue and black
But our young team ... had fallen back
Veterans Boonen and Chicchi held tight to the reins
Determined to graters whose fight never waned
We wanted Wiggins of Arabia
And got Gallipoli instead
So Sunderland spoke of fine tuning in the last stage ahead
At the Doha Corniche shake settled and shade
And watched sprinters blow past seven loops to be made
Mad dogs and cyclists stretched thin on the coast
And than, the last lap, all changed in a pit for the post
Our men revved their engines and we rose from our seats
Held our breaths as Team Sky slight straight through the meat
The trophy, not earned, but our hopes reignited
In a young lad named Eddy
A bomb blast once lighted
In Oman, two days later, in a neon lit night
Crowds curious of cyclists lined sidewalks for sight
Colours blazed past, a peloton haboob
And in the last few meters the black and the blue
So began the story of success for our lad
Eddy Bos, Ready Boss had landed at last
The Norwegian took three jerseys, twice in the Tour
A powerhouse we shouted out, a threat to Contador for sure
Yes, the fourth stage of controversy in which our leader fell back
But, victory is sweetest once you've been punched in the gut
In the final time trial the blond bullet pierced flesh
Seventeen seconds between him and the rest
So stand up or hush up
A new boy's in town
Eddy Bos, Steady Boss is shaking the ground
A young team with big dreams and pockets to match
The old guard will fold card
Our soldiers will trash
Team Sky to battle
Hurray!
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| Roland TISSIER | Wednesday 03 March 2010 om 08h37