Lunch with cycling champion Geert Van Bondt

Another top-brand getting involved and supporting me is Bioracer. Last Friday I learned from Bioracer communications manager Stijn Bamps that the company had decided in favor of supporting Project Superman. Yesterday I had lunch with their representative - who turned out to be none other than former elite rider and winner of Gent-Wevelgem Geert Van Bondt!  I consider Bioracer the best cycling and triathlon racewear on the market, so I am very happy with their support. But I’m even more excited about Geert being my contact. We speak almost the same dialect (he is from Ninove, I am from Aalst, neighbouring cities in the east of Flanders. He ’s been discovering and exploring skiing and celebrating carnival for the last years, since he retired as a professional cyclist. I have moved away from snowboarding and – albeit to a lesser degree – from partying to give triathlon my best shot. I immediately felt at ease with Geert and I thoroughly enjoyed his hilarious stories about adventurous training camps with Team CSC, cliff diving with Andy Schleck, the sphinx-like composure of Bjärne Riis, partying at club La Santa and witnessing Ricky Sörensen downing his 20th vodka… It would seem tha my main activity since the beginning of Project Superman has not been ‘training’ or ‘searching for sponsors’ or even ‘reporting’. What I have been doing mainly, so far, is ‘collecting stories’. And seems I will have a really exquisite collection before the end of this year.    

Meeting more heroes every day!