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Well, we are back for another Areve.

A bit of a surprise Areve, isn't it?

This one, Lizzy, because we felt like we couldn't really let the first women's grand tour

of the season go past without comment, especially when our next Cycling Podcast Feminine is not for a few weeks.

We are chatting about what went on in the race because they gave us so much to talk about, didn't they, Lizzy?

I know. We postulate to the idea of this welter podcast when we thought there'd be some things to talk about.

And now we actually need a trilogy of welter podcasts in order to pick a part what's going on.

But yeah, it's a special surprise episode.

We've got balloons up in podcast HQ.

And it has been a ridiculous week of racing, actually.

Just so many stories that are just, you know, some bizarre stories, some great stories, so much really, really good racing.

And kind of not really what I thought at all, you know how every grand tour has its own personality, the tour is the tour.

And you know, it's, it's the biggest thing. It's there's so much media going on there's all this hype and the Giro is well, it's the Giro beautiful scenery completely chaotic.

And I feel like the welter has more of a kind of a relaxed vibe to it, but Spanish quite laid back.

And I was watching the race thinking, oh yeah, it's a really nice chilled grand tour.

And I think it was actually stage four, Marianne Vos stage five, sorry, Marianne Vos won the stage.

And in her winners interview, she said how it'd been completely chaotic in the race.

There'd been crashes everywhere, really high tension, very nervous.

And I'm well, maybe it's just relaxed from the sofa, but it's, it's certainly come to a climax this weekend, hasn't it, Rose?

Oh my goodness, it really has. And obviously the welter is in its new place, new slot in the calendar coming first this time as opposed to normally being in that late August September.

Slot, I think it really works.

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