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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from Newstalk ZEDB.

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Speaker 2: Cling this out Kiwi. Corbyn Strong has claimed the first

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Speaker 2: general classification victory of his pro career at the Tour

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Speaker 2: de Wolloni in Belgium last week.

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Speaker 3: Here comes commn Strong on that though till us still leading,

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Speaker 3: Corvin Strong is going to do it again. He's coming back.

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Speaker 3: Then he's sacking overall last year and he's going to

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Speaker 3: win stage one. Corbyn Strong the KIWI reminding us why

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Speaker 3: he was sacking last year because he was so consistent

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Speaker 3: in these kind of finishes. He's going to win the

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Speaker 3: Jersey at the ETS Tour the Woalony.

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Speaker 2: So that's Corbyn Strong winning the first stage. He had

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Speaker 2: an incredibly consistent week. He was inside the top ten

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Speaker 2: in every stage and after winning that first stage, he

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Speaker 2: then surrendered the overall lead to British writer Oliver Knight

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Speaker 2: in stage two, got the lead back on stage four

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Speaker 2: and held off Czech Republic ride the Mattias Vatchek to

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Speaker 2: finish the last stage in second, which was enough to

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Speaker 2: secure him victory. As mentioned in the commentary there Corbyn

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Speaker 2: Strong was second in this event last year on countback

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Speaker 2: in pretty brutal fashion, so it would have been very

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Speaker 2: very nice, i'm sure for him to finally win this one.

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Speaker 2: He joins us now Corbyn Strong, Hey, congratulations Corbyn on

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Speaker 2: the win in Belgium. Let's start with that last stage.

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Speaker 2: What was it like having to sit on Mattias's wheel,

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Speaker 2: worrying about both catching the breakaway group but also the

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Speaker 4: I was a really really stressful situation, actually, I was

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Speaker 4: quite nervous for that, sad only being one second the

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Speaker 4: there's quite a hard there's a few quite hard climbs

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Speaker 4: hold onto his back wheel and in the end was

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Speaker 4: a really good situation for me. The team handled it

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Speaker 4: really well and time bonuses were getting taken up by

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Speaker 4: well and could just follow him when he attacked and

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Speaker 2: And what does this mean to you personally as well?

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Speaker 2: Having missed out so narrowly and so brutally at the

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Speaker 2: same event last year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, obviously. Yeah, missing out last year was pretty guarding,

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Speaker 4: especially because it was the first professional race that my

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Speaker 4: my dad thought I had won the GC and he

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Speaker 4: was pretty gutted when he found out that I hadn't.

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Speaker 4: So so I think they really enjoyed this year following

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Speaker 4: So yeah, for me, Like when I turned pro, I

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Speaker 4: always wanted to ride one week GC races, but it

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Speaker 4: never really eventuated till this race last year. So to

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Speaker 4: GCS was really nice doing and.

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Speaker 2: Just picking up on that. You've been viewed as a

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Speaker 2: Is it a little bit unfamiliar for you to change

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Speaker 2: into a general classification writer or actually? Did this race

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Speaker 2: suit you quite well both this year and last year?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, don't really see me well, obviously, Traditionally, like the

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Speaker 4: of tea. But at Tour Boloneia. It's more like two

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Speaker 4: really well over climes like this. Yes, the Park four

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Speaker 4: It's not something I've been used to doing as writing GC.

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Speaker 4: I did it a few times when I was younger.

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Speaker 4: It races like Tourist Southland and New Zealand Cycle puss it.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, obviously it's a different cup of tea over here,

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Speaker 2: How difficult is it to manage going between the two

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Speaker 4: Thankfully for me, I'm in a pretty good position with

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Speaker 4: I guess out so I go to most races with

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Speaker 4: The jered to Tellier that I did earlier this year,

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Speaker 2: So what does a win like this do for your

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Speaker 4: Well, yeah, first of all, for the confidence it was

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Speaker 4: it was really nice. So this year didn't go with

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Speaker 4: it's really nice for the confidence and then also the

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Speaker 4: always a really nice feeling when you know your teammates

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Speaker 4: really like confident in your shape as well.

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Speaker 2: Very cool. We over here obviously see the Tour de

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Speaker 2: see as many of these week long stage races. How

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Speaker 2: do they differ for you between one week in three weeks.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a massive difference. Yeah, I'd never want to

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Speaker 1: They are.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they are a really big vision. There's three weeks

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Speaker 4: everyone's in really top shape like this year. This year,

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Speaker 2: You mentioned as zero to tell you there, and while

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Speaker 2: it didn't go exactly the way you wanted, you're still

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Speaker 2: finished second on the third stage behind Matt's Peterson, which

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Speaker 2: is nothing to scoff at. So were there some silver

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Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly. The first week I felt I felt better

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Speaker 4: then the rest of the duo, I think I suffered

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Speaker 4: Derek is a good mate, and yeah, performed really well

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Speaker 4: goal of mine to win a Grand Tour stage, and yeah,

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Speaker 4: so it was quite inspiring to get second and motivating

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Speaker 2: We probably don't understand really how much of a team

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Speaker 2: and how much is it about doing well yourself?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, the Duro was a big goal for the team.

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Speaker 4: So their next six months was all about preparing as

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Speaker 4: If I was there, it takes a wee bit of

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Speaker 4: focused on me so a lot. Yeah, it's the team

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Speaker 2: And then wallone when you won the first stage, is

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Speaker 4: I've often been the right of the team's written for it.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, this week was especially special, I think because

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Speaker 2: Looking ahead, the Welter Love Welter Espanya is coming up.

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Speaker 2: You did that last year. Is that on the cards

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Speaker 2: or given what you said before about only doing one

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Speaker 2: Grand Tour a year, will you be skipping this one?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Exactly. Yeah, I'm going to focus more on some Monday

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Speaker 4: race at the end of the season, there's a big

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Speaker 2: A few Kiwi's obviously in and around the cycling circuit

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Speaker 2: on that side of the world. Sam Beuley, we spoke

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Speaker 2: to him a short time ago, actually, George Bennett, Lawrence Pithy,

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Speaker 4: Even a barbecue this weekend as well, So yeah, we

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Speaker 4: at the same race, you're yeah, you're always catching up

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really cool. Actually, it's we're really lucky that

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Speaker 4: And it doesn't really feel that farm because he's surrounded

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Speaker 2: I just had a look at the UCI schedule, Corbyn.

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Speaker 2: I know you don't write every race, but that is

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Speaker 2: How do you keep on top of all that writing.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been a bit of a balancing act. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I think I've definitely got it wrong a few times,

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Speaker 4: I think I need It's something I need to do

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Speaker 2: All right, Just to finish, we've just had the Tour

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Speaker 2: that race yourself, of course, how keen are you to

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Speaker 2: the world. Might we see you back there next year?

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Speaker 4: For me personally, I think I'm I've been really close

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Speaker 3: I think if I.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I've probably got about ten more years in the sport,

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Speaker 4: and that's probably my biggest goal is to win at

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, we'll watch with interest. Corbyn, thanks indeed

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Speaker 2: for chatting to us, mate. Congratulations again on your GC

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Speaker 2: victory the first of your PO career at the Tour

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Speaker 2: de Walloni in Belgium last week. That's Corbyn strong, ten

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Speaker 2: more years. So good to hear that. There's plenty ahead

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Speaker 2: for Corbyn strong and targeting stage wins and those Grand

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Speaker 2: Tour events as well, and truly within his grasp, you

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Speaker 2: would imagine, as he heard say, there second and one

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Speaker 2: of the stages on the Zerau to Talia this year.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, things going well for Corbyn strong, I see

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Speaker 2: need Fisher Black was third overnight in the latest stage

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Speaker 2: of the Tour de France.

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