Koen de Kort, road cyclist

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Koen de Kort is a professional road cyclist who currently rides for the UCI WorldTeam Trek-Segafredo. After 15 years on the WorldTour, he is one of the most respected road captains in professional cycling, making tough tactical decisions during races and maintaining the focus and collaboration of his teammates. In this interview, Koen talks about why he ended up in this role, and why it fits his style of racing. He also talks about the self doubt he struggled with early in his career during t...

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0:00.0	I would have loved to have, you know, turned professional five years later,
0:04.7	and I think it would have been probably a lot more enjoyable the start of my career.
0:08.8	But I'm also really proud of it to have made it through.
0:11.2	You know, there's not a lot of guys from my age still racing.
0:15.3	The guys that were using doping, they're all out.
0:17.9	And the guys that have lost motivation as well.
0:19.9	So I guess the guys that
0:20.9	really love cycling out of ones that are still here it's showtime everybody
0:26.5	showtime you've been living in a dream world Neil this is the world as it exists today
0:36.9	life moves pretty fast you don't stop the this is the world as it exists today.
0:40.2	Life moves pretty fast.
0:42.8	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:44.2	You could miss it.
0:48.5	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:50.8	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:52.7	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:54.1	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:57.5	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:02.2	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:05.7	Hello and welcome back to the show.
1:08.6	Quarantine Companion is dead.
1:16.1	Long live quarantine companion. After 12 episodes,
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