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cycling your next chapter in cycling. That was a bit of a slog in all sorts of weird ways. Maybe it's just because it's

stage three or something. Maybe we're suffering from some sort of fatigue, but the

race felt a bit sleepy today, to be perfectly honest David. I don't't know I don't know why maybe is it

because the I don't know you tell me that you know is it because five summit finishes

is just a bit too much?

Uh yeah just a bit too much? Uh, yeah, I think so.

I think, I think, I'm always very cautious because I'm with you 100% in that it was it wasn't the most exciting bike race and it

could be perceived as tactically sluggish but they were racing pretty flat out

for most of it the average like 41 ks an hour nearly to the top of average to the top of the

called La Madeline and when you look at the caliber of the breakaway that had gone and then, you know, and then the race behind and yeah I think you run the

risks he said when you do a stage race this hard with five mountain top finishes

with this caliber of peloton you almost find that after the first

stage everything's set in stone and now we know the strongest team is going to stay the strongest

team likely and the people who aren't the best aren't

probably going to get better and so it does turn into a very controlled affair because it's when

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