Aaron Gate

And the hardest times come when you're not on the bike.

I don't mean to say cheesy motivational hoodoo stuff, but if any of that resonates or you want to hear what it can really be like, the Stanley Street Social podcast just did an amazing episode with Aaron Gate, and I'd highly recommend that to the young guys and girls trying to make it to go listen to that one.

Aaron will never say it, but there's no doubt he was good enough to be a pro in his early 20s.

But yet he didn't get a World Tour contract till he was 35.