Psychlocosum has finally landed corporate backing for this podcast. Please welcome new title sponsor, Megalysed Bicycle Corporation. Megalys founder and CEO, seen here with writing buddies Lord Voldemort, Dick Cheney, and Ricardo Rico, saw Psychlocosum as a fantastic way to reach, quote, people who actually care about bike racing, unquote. Noting his brand's current market dominance among bike path commuting champions, and those who enjoy filling their garages with shiny objects. Without further ado, we bring you Megalysed, how the race was Megalysed, powered by Megalysed. The day's action began with a break, probably the weakest of this classic season, with only a single world tour rider represented, quick steps Dario Cotaldo. And this became rapidly apparent as the race entered its hillyr sections, and the Italian found himself unintentionally riding away from his companions on more than one occasion. The downhills proved similarly tricky for his co-escapies, as Simone Geshkuss lit out on a bend around 92k to go. But after some encouragement from the crowd, and some gauze of questionable sterility, he was able to soldier on. Freerace contender Sammy Sanchez had no such luck after his early mishap, finding only a cigarette, a small dog, and a beer among the roadside supporters. Around 80 kilometers to go, Pierre Roulin, Vasili Kureyanka, and David Lele, bridged up to the break, nearly doubling its numbers. But the BMC and Lotto-led peloton was content to give the group some rope, as the wind, drained and on yielding succession of climbs, cooked their toll. Indeed, only the looming specter of La Roudoute finally coaxed another team, Australia's green edge, into lifting the pace further, and reducing the leader's gap to seconds. But that climb proved far from decisive. While many riders gave it a go, driven by glory in the combined support of every motorhome in northern Europe, the BMC's on yielding tempo kept any move from getting away. The only serious casualty was Alejandro Valverde, who came to grief on such a steep section of climb that his teammate could barely push him off without falling. The break, reduced to Roulin, Kureyanka, and a yo-yo in Cataldo remained free. BMC retained their iron grip on the field over the top of La Roudoute, and into the following coat de la Roche-afacol, and this overdriven effort would prove they're undoing. While it did finally reel in the escape, and reduced the field to a handful of riders, it also put liquid gases but chenzo-neebly at the front of a lined out peloton on a steep decisive climb, and the Italian made the most of it, powering over the top and into the descent. inexplicably, La Doe's yellow van and der and Jelbert himself both let the Italian ride away. While van and der could at least argue that his odds were better staying back in the group with teammate Irgen van and Roche, Jelbert had no excuse for calling off his chase. The Belgian just looked back at 18k to go, and decided that the gap behind was more appealing to cross than the gap ahead. It was a terrible decision. Not only did it leave the raiding champ fully isolated in a group of 15, but the fact that so many other squads had two and three riders met the go-to tactic would be trading off attacks, quite possibly the least efficient way to bring back an escape. With so many of the teams represented in each successive split, the duty of closing the gaps fell almost invariably to Jelbert. As Nebeli's advantage hovered between 20 and 40 seconds, Astana, who'd placed three riders in the final selection, broke the surge and set up cycle, getting Maxime Glinski away with Fletcher alone winner Joaquim Rodriguez. Body language told the tales, the duo hit the coat to St. Nicolai, and the flying casak quickly gapped the Ketusha rider. While I loved the timing and commitment of Nebeli's attack, he either overdid the effort or underjudged the distance. On the final climb to awe, the legs were obviously gone and Iglinski attacked and dropped the Italian just outside the final kilometer, eventually cruising around the last bend with enough gap to savor the win. Nebeli limped in for second, and gasped burrato, fresh off his armchair ride as the group vanily chased his teammate, just nipped Thomas Vokler at the line for third. Cycle cause of industries, this is Cosmo. Such as, but what if the attacker already rides from Megalized? The guitar riff. Yes we sent you an empty three with your contract. Yeah, must not a... In our carbon wheels, you need to mention how perfectly our for charity rides... Especially when it's raining, 140 psi right? I'm not sure what that means, but just mentioning. Also, I don't know who these other people are, but obviously the CEO does ride Floor Voldemort because of that, the end of last movie. No, it's just what the studio wants you to think. Also, we were told that there'd be a slideshow on with all steps. So if you could just add that, we... Hello Cosmo? Hello?