Life Is Beautiful!

Aaron, Kenny, Nick, Robbie, Bert, Chris, Fredrik, Me and Berts father in law, enjoying the fine pannekoek at Kaffepotje.

The weather has finally changed and Flanders is basking in 28degrees and sunshine. The last few days have been very relaxing for the most part.
On Tuesday I took a super easy day after the back to back races the days before. Then on Wednesday I did 2 hours in the morning, then rode an hour to a race, raced an hour and a half in the break until 10 km to go when we got caught, finished the race in 21 spot and then rode home. 180 km and great legs.
Yesterday was a treat of a recovery ride. First I rode to Ninove to pick up Penne, then we rode to Lennik and met up with Bert Roesems of Davitamon Lotto, my teammate Chris and Kenny from Chocolade Jacques; We then rode to Ninove again and picked up ...... you will never believe it....Robbie McEwen and Nick Gates!!!! Training with the big boys now, it was great. We ended up doing a couple hours with them including a pancake and coffee stop at Kaffepotje. Gates puts away the coffee like its Ice Tea, incredible to watch. He had a rough go at Dauphine and was eager to drown his sorrows in some of Jurgens pannekoek. McEwen is really cool to, it was great to ride with some of the worlds most talented bike riders. After Robbie and Nick headed home to Brakel the rest of us took anothr ride to Aalst and stopped for some more coffee in the square. This is a great way to live.
Today I met up with everyone minus Robbie at Kafffepotje again. Penne just signed with Palmans Collstrop so he is pro again. The picture of him below is a tribute to his last day of riding in the jersey of his former team Colba.
Do a coffee ride for me. When I get back to Ctown its time to roll out the java stops.

Penne just turned pro again, good bye Colba, hello Palmans-Collstrop