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Hello and joining you on

on the Hello and joining you on February the 6th after a weekend when no sooner had

Matthew van der Paul claimed his sixth cycle across world title than he was

questioning his own future in the discipline.

Musing, I wonder if it's worth it to have beer poured over you in every race.

A perfectly natural reaction, I would suggest for someone born in the land that gave

the world Heineken, Amstuh and Grosch.

My name is Daniel Freber and I am the host of this episode of the cycling podcast in which we will blow

the froth off events from Tabour in Checha, land of a higher grade of Pivo, of course, and wash that all down

with everything else that's been brewing in the world of cycling in the last week from the Saudi

Desert to the barricaded and picketed farm roads of the Gar de

Bartoumont in France. Joining me at the bar today as he's often done in

assorted host stories in the past it has to be said is that discerning consumer of indigenous

liquid refreshment. Brian, how are you? Yeah I'm really well I'm really well

just when you mentioned the date I was like bloody hell it is actually already

Moving fast towards the interesting part of the year. I don't like winter I hate January I don't particularly like December

But it's like February. We're starting to get back into it here now we

We're gonna get Camp Tankress nightguard today and Brian you've been on the podcast so frequently now that your CV

sort of proceeds you, your reputation proceeds you, it would be remiss of me not to remind the listeners every now and again that you were former press officer for various high-flying teams of yester year, CSC, Team Sky, you were a team manager,

Leopard Trek, and so on and so on.

And now you're a winemaker, art dealer, Renaissance man, a podcaster.

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