Kenny Belaey on 9 trials World Championships and life after competitive cycling

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Kenny Belaey started riding professionally at age 9 when he and his brother began doing trial biking shows in their native Belgium. Since then, he’s racked up nine UCI world championship titles in the discipline, more than any other rider. But even during the peak of his racing career, Kenny kept up with the performance circuit, using the shows as a training ground for the next competition. In 2007, for example, he did 170 shows in 17 countries on four continents while maintaining a full sche...

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0:00.0	I've always been entertaining since the age of nine, and competing in the same time.
0:04.8	I would do, for example, in 2007, I did 170 shows.
0:10.2	What?
0:10.7	In one year?
0:11.7	In 17 countries, in four continents.
0:14.8	Wow.
0:15.4	And I wrote the World Cup, the European Championship, the World Championship.
0:19.3	Oh, my God.
0:20.3	And I was, I think I won the World Cup.
0:23.0	So I've always been juggling my time.
0:26.2	These shows were my income.
0:27.9	It's showtime, everybody.
0:30.0	Showtime!
0:32.7	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:36.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:41.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:43.6	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:46.0	You could miss it.
0:49.3	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:52.5	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:54.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:56.4	I see.
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