Welcome back to the cycling tips podcast. I am Abby Mickey and we are here to talk about the Tour de France stage 11. I've got

Rona McLaughlin, Ronan, hello, hi, how are you? I'm good Abby, thank you.

Hello. Kayle Frets is at the bottom. How are you? I'm good Abbey. Thank you. Hello?

Kayle Frets is at the bottom of Mont-Von-2 after spending the day at the top. It's hot down here. And Nathan Haas has joined us again. Yeah, I'm back.

Thanks for having me back on the show.

It's been a joy.

Genuine joy.

That sounded like a sarcasm.

It wasn't sarcasm.

Before we dive into stage 11 of a tour to France, this episode is

brought to you by Continental. So, Mont-Vantu has been ascended once again, actually twice

in today's case. That got us thinking about all the people

who jump on their bikes to follow the tour or take on long distance rides.

Amongst Continental's range of tires, there's one that's made for going long. The Gator T

The Gator Hard Shell. I love this one for winter miles like absolutely love this one for winter miles like absolutely love this I swear by this one in Colorado in the winter for long miles

It's amazing. As the name suggests, the Gator Hardshell is ideal when it comes to extremely long

service life or for rough surfaces and rugged tarmac. Puncture protection and mileage are the strengths

of the continental hard shell protection.

The three-ply carcass,

hmm, that sounds,

I don't know how I feel about a tire being referred to as carcass.

Each layer with 60 TPI covers the entire tire and makes it a real bastion against anything

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