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I'm excited. You've been excited like since 11 months. Missed them too. It's the us that 11 months

months. Coming to a climax here. Oh, it's Gary Emlak. Oh, there he is.

Yeah, I know. We've been on the path for Gary. Yeah, yeah.

Um, Gary, are you excited? Bit of class for me. I'm in a state of perpetual excitement.

You know how difficult it is for me to contain myself. I am excited. I am excited. Proper first stage.

Can you remember because I'm a relative newbie on the ITV team. I've only done it for 21 years.

Right. So your memory goes back significantly further than that. Can you remember?

My presence goes back further than that. My memory goes back about three weeks.

But I saw it from time trials and prologues. Can you remember a more selective stage one?

No, no, never. Never. What? 3,300 meters of vertical gain? No. Yeah.

No, Prudom says it's unprecedented and I believe him. I wouldn't take issue with that.

Quite risky. Yeah. It's quite risky for the race, isn't it? Well, it is. Yeah. I mean,

yeah, I mean, you know, we don't want it to be over first week. But I mean, everybody thinks it's

between Paul and vinegar. I mean, we'll find out tomorrow. I mean, there's there's no

easing a dodgy wrist in this. There's no easing a dodgy wrist in. You can't just cruise round.

You're going to have to pull on the handlebars. Pete. What? I'll say something.

No, Garry's absolutely no, correct, nailed it on the head. That's just totally thrown Pete.

I was yeah, I mean, that was almost like Gary was me and yeah, and being analytical.

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