I'm I'm going to be. Well, good-a-a-every-one, and welcome to Life in the Peloton.

I'm sitting here with Lionel Bernie, my co-host for the show this week.

Welcome, Lionel, to another episode.

Hi, Mitch. How are you doing?

I'm doing well actually I've just

had a massive block of training I'm on a little bit of a rest day I got a few days leading

into my first race of the year hoodvar and I'm very much looking forward to it maybe a cold

beer tonight kick back and let the legs recover there's a tough little climb at the end of

I think stage two into

phaiance, which Parraines has been up a couple of times that I know. A bit of a sting in the

tail, so that training will stand you in good stead for that, I'm sure. I had to do my bike

selection. What we're doing these days is we get an email a few days before the race and you

have to choose your bike and your wheel

set up for the race ahead and you get you know a quick look at the stages mainly looking at the

profiles and of course you can change it last minute but they just want an idea of what you're

thinking for the whole race and I just went light bike EVO Super 6 EVO which is is our climbing bike with the with the low profile wheels

the entire race i just saw up down up down up down up down up down up down for three stages

and i know i'm going to be in for a tough one well it'd be good to blow out the cobwebs from from the

winter being a little while since you've been in race action.

But Mitch, who have we got on Life in the Peloton this week?

It was very fitting, actually, just after our conversation just then.

We're talking with Nate Wilson.

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