Welcome back to the Lanton Rouge Cycling Podcast presented by Join Cycling for the Lege-Baston Leage

2024 recaps both men and women's.

I'd encourage you if you're not a habitual listener to the women's part

I'd encourage you if you're not a habitual listener to the women's part of the podcast or watcher

stick around for the women's recap because of the two races it was definitely the most

exciting and there's a lot to talk about there but as is our

habit we will start with the men's first 254 kilometers from Leage to Leage

Poggi going off as the shorter than Even's favourite with

Vanderpool's second favourite, and then Stevie Williams actually

wrote himself on Wednesday into third favourite.

The parkour is 4,000 meters plus of hills that get gradually or they get

harder from 150 ks in to 220 ks in where there's Kotelavradut

1700 meters 9% is where Remko even a pool has gone solo the last two editions, and he's not here.

So Schelmoz's only hope, because he's not here. So Schelmo's is our only hope because he said before the race that he was going to he hoped to be on the podium

But was there any news before the race Benji anything this morning that I missed?

Not that I'm aware of. Maybe I missed it too, but I don't think so.

Just that everybody thought that Bogotchar could win this unless van der Poppuagr

there's a magical thing, which let's be honest we weren't necessarily expecting on our end

But there was a breakway and was actually a strong breakway a nine-man breakway Jillers from QuickStep, who's been pretty strong this pre-season that

Amiroshah from Groupama, Enzo Lance for DSM for D.S.M. I was going to say S.D.M. for some reason.

It's Karoni from Astana. We've got the Romeo,

Dubi Ursulais, so two riders from the hotel and Loewick Fleegin from bingo. And behind we see what we expect to see which is UAE controlling and fast

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