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It’s here! The Tour de France kicks off today, the holy month of cycling has begun and all the protagonists are out to play. We are hoping that if time allows we can provide a short preview of every stage and the contenders. Today returns to the old “traditional” short, pancake-flat prologue. With the Grand Depart in Copenhagen following a short, somewhat twisty and circular route we are bound to see packed streets. There is a…

It very seldom is the same old route that you rehash chasing down your 400th Strava trophy. It very often is not even a race itself. It is marked by a feeling that, no matter how tired you are, there is nowhere else you would rather be than on your bicycle, on that road, at that very point in time. It is the cyclist’s meditation and practice of presence and for many of us it is the driving factor to the question of why we ride our bikes.