German uber-stud cyclist Marcel Wust joined us for our second day of riding in Belgium.This guys is the real deal...he's won stages in the Tour, the Giro and the Vuelta. He retired in 2000, but even at age 40, he still kicks some major ass.
The truly amazing thing...Marcel should be dead. He had a big-time crash back in '00, and it left him with major skull fractures and only one eye. He was touch-and-go for a number of days after his crash, but he pulled through.
These days, he rides just for fun, but he's stayed in great shape. How good is he these days? Well, on Friday, we were crusing along, about 50 miles into our ride in the Belgian hills, and he decided to draft a passing truck...uphill...on a 3% grade! He hung on the guy's bumper for about a 0.5km, then let him go.
"Wust-ie" came back to our group, and I said (in my best broken German), "Du bist krank in der kopf!" (You are sick in the head). He replied, in English, "No, not sick...just a little crazy."
Marcel, you have my utmost respect.
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UPDATE: Wust-ie did it again today. This time, he drafted a big logging truck all the way up a 3km hill. The bottom of the hill was about 10-11%, and he hung on the truck's bumper with ease. Amazing.
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