Okay, well we got in at quarter to 11 last night, to the hotel in Lavinio straight to bed it's 645 and I'm up early because lots

to do going on notes going early you got to get up to the top of

the mountain today for this huge stage that we've got to commentate on. We're on air, well over two

hours earlier than we usually are, as I get the kettle boiling in the corner of the room

basically they're going to be riding today 222 kilometers pretty much most of it is uphill

on mountain passes which means it's going to take them almost Milan San

Ramo length to complete and therefore all the

just get my coat on, and therefore we're on there for seven and a half hours including the podium

and stuff like that today. It's a huge day ahead of the rest day. I've got a boil the kettle, have a cup of tea, make my notes.

And then for the first time in this incredibly warm Giro of Italian, for the first time since stage 2 when we were up in Europa when it was cold.

I've had to pull on my Giro Ditalia puffer jacket which means only one thing. They're back.

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bikmo insurance for the price of 11 terms apply. These are the frankly rather annoying beats in a very bespoke and wooden shallay system.

No, it's not really a system, is it's more of a place,

cafe, hotel, restaurant, it's not a system.

I think the altitude is adling our brains ever so slightly.

I just called you Ian and... Well there's a reason for that we might come

on to that yeah yeah but I can't just I don't know if I've done this before this is the sound

or stationary happening. Because that's what I'm doing.

You're pod there might be a phobia about that.

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