… and I started to celebrate it yesterday with a victory in Kieldrecht! I was away with a group of six riders almost the whole race. Marianne Vos was also there and with two laps to go she tried to chase us down but alone it was to difficult for her. I attacked with 1 km to go and I could cross the finishline ahead of the others

Today is my birthday, my first one in Belgium… Martin left early for his first cyclocross race ever and he promissed me that we will celebrate later! Luckily my lovely Emma (my teammate) and her family have made my birthday so far. Flowers, a present and chocolate cake (which was SO worth all the calories). Thank you very much for that!

Emma