Hello and

A date coinciding with the second, and I think second B, third stage of the Tour de France Fam in the Netherlands and four days out from La Vienta, Espa in Portugal. My name is Daniel Freib, I am the host of this special Excel preview of La Guelte, which we will be covering daily from Saturday from Lisbon. Among the gentlemen joining me on that adventure will be our

guest today. I will introduce them now riding shotgun for the first nine days

will be a podcaster and journalist, affectionately known as cartel Reyes and I think the shady

mustache is still in situ it's Santa Lucia's finest and most wistful Fran Reyes who we've brought in from the cold of the Arctic

race Fran and there was a high profile well an arrest in cartel world a couple of weeks ago, wasn't that?

El Mayo, the most wanted Mexican drug boss.

So yeah, I don't know if it's squeaky bum time for you as well.

So El Mario has been called. He has. That's why he was a reply to my messages.

Okay, I thought he had blocked me on what's up. Okay. Hello Daniel, hello to all listeners, very happy to be here on the podcast I'm very happy to think

that I will be spending the next week or so with you have to say that this cartel gimmick is only had created by Daniel Freibwe and

only him has embraced it I guess because most that is right now are trending in Spain and most of the of Europe

of Europe. So why attach it to Mexico?

That's only in Daniel's mind,

but I won't correct him.

I stand all right with that.

Don't worry, Fran.

We'll have been cancelled by stage three, I think, and I'll have to come up with something new.

Also with us today, as he will be in person, also in person, in the last week of the Vuelta in his adopted homeland of Asturias.

He's cringing at that because he doesn't, it's not something that he's particularly embraced.

It's Rob Hatch, who we've rescued from the Olympic Vellabole.

How are you doing Rob?

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