Inspired by yesterdays heroes of Paris-Roubaix, I wiped the big layer of dust of my bike this morning and took the “steal horse” for a ride this afternoon. Inspired yes, but I was far from flying like Fabian Cancellara was doing yesterday over the cobble stones in the North of France…

I expected the first ride to be quite ok. I had been doing quite regular 2 times a week spinning in Barcelona, but that didn’t help much… I guess 30 minutes intensive spinning, with intervals, is still quite different from just cycling against a though cold wind for 30 minutes… Well, don’t have to guess here of course, I was the living proof today! :-)

So I returned after a short ride (just over an hour) slightly disappointed, but smiling as well. It was nice to climb on the bike again. A strange sense of freedom when riding (or in my case struggling) through the wind. Just me and the elements. Strange to believe a year ago I had already cycled more then 600km at this time! And Bastiaan and I were in serious preparation for the Amstel Gold Race. It will be hard to match the number of kilometres from last year, but the start is there! ;-)

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