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For many, the longest distance is between their bedroom pillow and kilometre 1.

Just aim, Bennie. I am also aiming again this year, between home commitments and work demands. The results are not what matters; it’s the journey that matters. Grest to see consistency in your riding again, Oom.

The rainbow jersey at the training in Calpe, gripping the gull wing handlebars on the new Colnago aero bike Sauce: IG

05:42 AM, Malmesbury Road

Gotta love high performance environments

Grey shorts in the peloton as MAAP enters the WorldTour peloton Sauce: CyclingNews

At this time of the year, it's not just Christmas lights and holiday vibes. There is also an overflow of loneliness and despair. Give up a space in the queue for a stranger. Use your car hooter less. Give more presence, not just presents. "Be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelou

Possible invitation to the Tour de France pending. However, new backers in the mix. Pic: Team Astana, Instagram

It’s the season for timeless rides.

Kate’s farewell letter to Scott Racing on The Gram - such a cool pic

The charismatic Roglič to race the Giro and that little stage race in France in July. Pic: @redbullborahansgrohe

Visiting the CEO and the Chairman of Bainskloof Pass, Wellington, WC.

1 wolf behind me fixing a dropped seat post, with two stronger wolves supporting him The slower climbers ahead of me ascending up Tredouw Pass I was hovering in no man's land, like Mr Elastic, keeping us all in touch somehow 🐺🐺🐺

New beginnings Pic: FDJ-Suez

Summer rainz

Southern view, just before the summa rains

The rainbow jersey's Spring calendar: Strade Bianche Milano-Sanremo E3 Saxo Bank Classic Gent-Wevelgem Ronde van Vlaanderen Amstel Gold Race La Fleche Wallonne Liege-Bastogne-Liege

With Rohan Dennis retiring in the same year of this terrible family tragedy, I can only hypothesise how he was struggling: So many professional athletes struggle with repurposing, resetting and developing a new 'identity' after retiring. From tour buses, Olympic glory, team bubble environments and 20 hr weekly training blocks to almost nothing on the calendar can inevitably create all kinds of life stress, inner turmoil and existential angst. The pathway to retirement, whether at 65 or in the 30s after a career in sports, is best handled with care and dilgence. Hoping there's a beautiful and soft support system for the kids after all this time in the media spotlight and losing their Mama, Melissa Hoskins.

The mountains - my happy place.🖤

Sauce: Colnagoworld

Does it come in black?

And the leak was real. The aero bike from Colnago, the Y1Rs, is in the wind tunnel being refined. Light enough for the high mountains? Unlikely. Punchy enough for the hilly Classics? It depends. Will it wear yellow on the cobbles of the Champs Elysees? Highly likely. Sauce: Velonews

MONDAY MOTIVATION: To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice your gift.

The absolutely beautiful Clarens Drive.

At the end of the game, both the king and the pawn goes into the same box. ~ Italian proverb