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I came out of the studio yesterday after this stage 7 commentary and just before I jumped on my bike to cycle home,

I messaged Rob Hatch off of TNT Sports, David.

Why?

Well, I wasn't sure.

I didn't know because I haven't seen any of their coverage this year, but he normally

commentates on the Dolphionate and I wanted to commiserate with him or just to share the pain.

Share the pain of yesterday's commentary.

And he messaged back saying, yeah, that was really hard.

And our producer, Stu, who had a day off yesterday, and so obviously he was at home,

couldn't watch our coverage and our commentaries, but he did want to watch a race.

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