What a legend. This guy is awesome. Not only is he one of Australia's leading riders, won a stage of the Tour de France last year and a stage of the Giro d'Italia this year, he came to the Monaco train station to pick us up and take us to the start of this years tour....and then rode us out of Monaco to show us how to get home. No wonder Sastre demanded he be on his team!
We meet with Simon today to ride around Monaco and to get some hints and tips about our upcoming tour. First thing that strikes you about him is that he just a ball of muscle, second thing is he is one of the most down to earth guys you'll find. He rode with us, he posed for photo's, he signed our gear, he even entertained our highly technical questions (so how fast can you go?).
It was fantastic that he could meet up with us a day after the Giro and the day before he flew out to Colorado for altitude training for this year's Tour de France.
We're already looking forward to the first day of the professional Tour de France so that we can cheer him on and follow his progress the whole way.
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