Annemiek van Vleuten

And it has enabled every single person who's in the World Tour to come to such a high level.

And that has meant that all of our racing has just been so much better because we don't just have Annemiek van Vleuten riding off.

We don't just have Anna van der Breggen riding off into the sunset and never coming back.

And I feel really proud to have been a small part of that era.

They've for a really long time, the national, the world champion was always, was always Dutch.

I mean, we've had so many dominant Dutch riders from Mariana Vos to Annemiek van Vleuten to Anna van de Breggen and now Demi Vollering.

So It's always really interesting to see how the Dutch roll into the world championships.

Um, we've had years where there's always just been one dominant Dutch writer.

... what's, what's good for you.

And I, for me it was an example, uh, if I look back on this, it was Annemiek van Vleuten, actually.

Like, I went with her also.

She was my, almost my neighbor when I was back living in Holland-