Welcome back to the Lenten Rouge Cycling Podcasts, the recap of some great Belgian

classics racing, Duaz, Duol Landrin, men and women's race. Women just had a great finish.

We'll start with the men. It was a race, well, I mean, we could have done with even more coverage.

This is a really finely balanced parkour. This parkour is a great example of less can be

more for enticing great racing it's not the hardest of the races we've done this this classic

season e3 is a million times harder ardi is a million times harder it's only 185k's from

russela to to Varham.

And we have a hill zone in the middle.

It's about a third of the race.

We have the Nocterberg and the Hortund.

The Nocterberg is a paved climb 1K8%.

That's good for the punchers, Gregois, Vulgren, Tishburnote, historically.

And then we have at the end of the race, and we're sorry, we do have Maria Borostrad after that. And then at the end of the race, we have the Dorn and Hoyspondwech, Hewlchmstratt, and these are flat cobbled sections that then suit the Warnschilds, Ganners, Hagenes, Hedisons, Vameshs of the world.

So I think it's a greatly balanced parkour.

Can be a sprint, can be a solo attacker, can be a small group.

And what are you got to say, Benji?

Patrick, I need to, I think I need to confess.

I need to confess that I think I chose the wrong hill to die on a couple of years ago when I started my vendetta against the world war states of Duardsur Vlander.

And because ever, ever since I announced my vendetta, it's been a good race every single

year, where it was the vulnerable against Pit against Pitcoq and so 4th edition

with Campanars attacking

in the Downhills?

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