Part 2

My Roubaix experience did not end quite yet. I got into the team van and we drove to the finish in Roubaix. We drove the last couple kilometers and I instantly recognized where I was. We turn to head into the velodrome but park next to it near the showers.



These showers are legendary in the sport of cycling. They have housed all the greatest names: Coppi, Merckx, Rik Van Looy, Roger De Vlaeminck, Moser, Sean Kelly, Hinault, Tchmil, Tafi, Museeuw, Ballerini, and current cyclists like Cancellara, Boonen, Hincapie, O'Grady, Backstedt, etc etc. I walked into one of the booths and there was Sean Kelly's plaque on it. Wow! One of the toughest riders to ever walk (or should I say pedal a bike) on Earth. It was surreal moment as these guys are my heroes and I was standing in their footsteps.

David