In nine days, I'm departing for Belgium- the land of cobbles and frites- to represent the US National Team in a series of classics races. This is the first time I've had the honor to race with the National Team, and I've never felt so patriotic in my life. Recently, I've found myself riding the roads of Boulder with the the Team America World Police theme song (America, F Yeah) blasting from my earbuds. Me and six other women clad in stars and stripes will start our European campaign in Gent, hop over to the Netherlands and finish in the Northern Italian city of Padova. Here's the schedule:
Het Nieuwsblad—23 Feb. Gent, BEL
La Samyn—27 Feb. Framieres, BEL
Omloop Hageland—3 March Hageland, BEL
Drenste 8—7 March Assen, NED
Ronde Von Drenthe—9 March Assen, NED
Novilon—10 March Assen, NED
La Classicà Ciclista della Città Padova—16 March Padova, ITA
One of my Team USA teammates will be my friend, Heather Fischer. Heather and I met at the US Talent ID Camp at the Olympic Training Center in 2011. We had both just started racing bicycles and weren't very fast- now we're a lot faster. We're planning on mastering Microsoft Office Suite in-between races.
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ReplyDeleteFirst comment! What do I win?! Speaking of winning, if you win Het Nieuwsblad, I will give you $1 million, or a high-five, whichever costs less.
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