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Hello, Daniel. Horing, boring, boring, poggacha. Boring, boring poggatcha. Yeah, it was dull, wasn't it? Enjoy that, Lionel? Enjoy that, Lionel. I mean, that was one of the best races. I mean, it was a slog for five and a half hours. It's supposed to be a slog. I know. That's the nature of it. Yeah, I enjoyed the slog for five and a half hours. I watched every minute of the coverage from start to finish. And the finale was just incredible. I'm not sure I've seen anything quite like that, really. Electrifying, wasn't it? I mean, that's the, I think it's an adjective we've used before,

but that's the only adjective that you can really use for those, generally for those last

30 kilometres of Milaneseo, but there were a few extra vaults today.

Even compared to last year, I think it was even an upgrade on last year.

Yeah. And our adrenaline

rush sort of mirrored, kind of foreshadowed the pogatchar. You imagine the adrenaline,

and we'll talk about this later, whether the adrenaline actually played a role in him being

able to do what he did. And I guess we're spoiling who won already, but I suppose everyone

who's listening to this will know who won.

But yes, I felt the same adrenaline that he probably felt after that crash.

Yeah, I mean, it was a real make or break moment, wasn't it?

The crash, what, seven or eight kilometres before the Chippresa.

We'll talk in detail about what happened and what he did, of course,

but the headlines are that Taday Pogacar, all of the pre-race talk was how could he beat Matthew Banderpul?

Well, he beat Matthew Banderpul before the top of the podjo, really,

but then he still had to contend with Tom Pidcock, one of the best descendants descendants in the world and it was still all in doubt going into the last what 300 meters a real sprint for the line a victory for Pogacar the world champion in a

completely scuffed and torn skin suit makes it four monuments out of five that he's won now only

Perry Rebae is missing from his collection won it by half a wheel I mean you can't really

sum up or do justice to the race or Pogacar's performance or the performance of several other

riders who really caught the eye in a brief summary.

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