God, I hope not. Not on the trains at least.

Thanks! The weather looks great. Fun times will be had. But I'm a bit anxious about the journey. First time I'm doing proper train rides with Sepp. I hope and expect him to be fine, but still...

Important to note: I'm avoiding all intercity trains. More travel time, but way less stress. No way I'm hopping on an intercity train to Limburg with a dog and a bike when it's Amstel Gold weekend.

Tomorrow is travel day! Off to Limburg I go with Seppy. The plan: a little over an hour of trains with 1 transfer. Ride for 1,5 hours (Sepp walk break included) to next train. Another 1,5 hours of trains with 1 transfer. Ride for 1,5 hours to our destination.

Manageable, I think. For both of us.

I'll be buzzing all week. I'm so happy Wout won.

Tomorrow I have therapy in the morning. That'll be interesting.

How was your week?
- Wout!

You look a little tired, how was your sleep?
- Wout!

Any anxiety this past week?
- Wout!

What do you want to talk about today?
- Wout!

Wout! Wout! Wout! Wout! Wout!

What an intense day of Roubaix. Up next is Amstel.

Me & Seppy head out for 2 nights in Simpelveld on Saturday. We'll probably ride around the course in that area on Sunday. Anyone else standing on the side of the road there? Gimme a shout. With Sepp + my purple hair we'll be hella recognizable.

Marianne 💔

WOUT!!!!

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

WHAT

A

RACE!

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THE DRAMA! THE DRAMA! 😭

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COBBLES ARE COMING IN 3,2,1....

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True. 🙏

Too bad we only get a little bit of broadcast of the women. I would've liked to see way more of the race.

🥰

Thanks! 🥰

No, it's permanent even. Would've sucked if it came out horribly 😂

It's "No Bleach London, Vivid Berry and I just put it right over my dark blonde hair. It came out pretty darn good. It even has some brighter strands where the hair was already gray instead of dark blonde. It's a vegan dye too, so I'm quite pleased with this particular dye.

Oh, same. Mathieu getting 4 in a row would be epic. But man, I want Wout to finally get that huge cobbles win too. And Marianne winning would be a cry fest all around. But indeed, no crashes is very high on the wishlist too.

If we're forced to have a Pog win tomorrow, we all deserve a Vos win to balance it out. If we can't have a Vos win, we all deserve a Wout win.

Cycling Gods, be fair to us for once. Please. 🙏

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Thanks! Me too! It was this or some kind of blue. This felt like the safer option. For now.... 😂

Told you it was basically purple.

Yes.

I'm sure you'll be fine! ❤️

You got this! And wishing you the best of times doing it. Have fun!

I may have dyed my hair "Vivid Berry", basically purple.

Thought I'd might as well try putting intense color on the outside of my head to balance out the gray tones and darkness inside of it.

Would provide a picture if everything besides my hair would be decent enough for a photo-op, but alas.

Tibor Del Grosso.

Oh hell fricking yes!

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Marianne Vos is riding Roubaix and I have never wanted her to win it more than I want it this time around. Praying to the cycling gods from now until the end of that race. 🙏

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Wife: do you think you might want to pop by my sister on Sunday when she hosts our family easter lunch?

Me: very little chance. It's RVV day. I have to watch all the cycling.

Wife: That starts in the afternoon, right?

Me: HAHAHA

It was a borderline evil laugh, guys. I've already gone RVV mad.

Gutted. Damn it. So close.

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