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Hello, join you on this fine Wednesday morning from the far east. That is far east of Germany and Berlin. My name is Daniel Frieber. I'm the host of today's episode of the cycling podcast.

We take a closer look at the first newly unwrapped present under Fresno Cycling's offseason Christmas tree. That is the route of the 2023 Giro d'Italia. A mere 199 days until the 2023 Giro. What a daunting prospect.

Joining me today from the Costa Blanca. It is a veteran of 5GD Italy as a rider. We think we think 15 as a direct sportive. Very important for the purposes of today's podcast.

He is a Tour de Swiss stage winner, a Tour d'Anne under stage winner. He made history of the 2004 Tour de France by breaking a collarbone on the first climb of the race. That climb being a slightly raised television cable, which he toppled over on the way to the start line.

Over the last decade, he has mastermind who grand tour and classic fixtures from the front seat of a team car, while also racking up more unpaid appearances on the cycling podcast than Remco Avenopoul has had DMs from RCS Sport Affiliated Social Media accounts in the last month. It is the bike exchange.

I am going to go ahead sports director Matt White. How are you? Good. Very good. Enjoying the first week of the offseason.

I am a controversial podcast artist, but that is fine. That is what you need to make your feel edgy. That is fine.

It is a broad church, Matt. You are welcome here. Also joining me today from Soya in Mayodka. It is the long serving Euro Sport cycling commentator, multi-lingual voice of cycling and Urso Al-Akrington cricket club Pythrowa. A man whose accents can take you around the world in 10 seconds of broadcasting, but whose palette has only just discovered avocados.

It is still unsure whether Hummus is too exotic for him. He is my former flatmate and whipping boy in the annual Sakalobra mountain time trial. It is Rob Hatch. Good morning. You did beat me once in the Sakalobra time trial.

I was going to say, never mind. I have met many many many many many. A few kilos ago that. A few kilos ago.

I will be asking you for your views, observations on few of these issues anyway. Feel free to pass as well.

A few thorny issues in there. The racing season officially definitively closed for many world tour and pro-com teams this week.

The first time for UCI points to stave off relegation. The decision was justified for Movistar with Ivan Sozza winning over in Lankawi.

The first place to finish first and second with Nelson Powell and Andrea Pikoli. The team had been threatened by relegation early in the year. Those results mean that Israel premier tech and Lotto suit down now face the chop and will lose their world tour status in 2023.

under the lotto do at least qualify for the major tours

on the base of their 2022 ranking

has the total energy.

Israel on the other hand will only receive automatic

invitations to the one day world tour races.

Why is he, I mentioned it's, well,

that scramble for points.

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