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Today we are at the Cabo de Gata.

Hello, when are you from the Welta Espania? My name is Daniel Friba, I am the host of tonight's

episode and as you heard our friend Rob Hatch just say, I am at Cabo de Gata.

The westernmost point I learned today of the Mediterranean Sea or the slightly dubious

about that, I thought the westernmost point was somewhere around Gibraltar but anyway

I'll go with it. It's also the driest place in the Iberian Peninsula but it didn't feel

very dry today. We were all dripping with sweat and more of that later. I am joined tonight

by a man whose humour may be dry but his wine cellet is as well stocked and valuable as

a wardrobe full of bike exchange skin suits which as we heard yesterday are very expensive.

He's coming to us almost live from Pietro Santa in Tuscany, he is the former CSC team

and Green Edge spin doctor, much more than the humble press officer. He's an art dealer,

a wine in Prasario and author, a scholar, a lover of the fine things in life and a reverse

nostradamus, witness his prediction. Remko, Vainer Paul would never win a grand tour the

other day. He is Brian Nigel, Brian, when are started is how are you going mate?

Thank you. When are started this? Yeah it seems like my Wikipedia is getting like lots

of additions. That was almost the whole podcast. Any more thoughts on Remko's, the likelihood

of Remko every winning a grand tour? I've lost 48 hours. Well I was trying to exercise

my demons and I was riding a piece about trying to figure out what my issue was with

him and I was actually doing a little bit of a survey unfortunately for reasons of privacy,

for some pretty heavy people in cycling. I was asking around just to see if I was the

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