Well, hello and welcome back to the Mou Pham podcast. This is Allie Tetrick. And somehow, I still have the keys to the minivan yet again to kick off the show. You better fuel up for this one because your mind and legs if you had a ride with her are about to be blown.

Lucky for you, this is a no drop podcast because we have one of the most talented writers in the

world to interview today. I am joined by my co-host, also a legendary cyclist, Mari Holden,

who's a world champion, national champion, and Olympian. Also, my dear friend.

Without further ado, we have been cheering on this rider since a Tour de France Fombe of X-Wift.

She was not only the queen of the mountains and second overall at the tour, she became the

queen of our hearts through her tenacious riding, pure grace on the bike, and the gracious

champion that she is. Also the fact that she trains with

her dog flow in a backpack. In the last seven days, she's inserted herself into the record books

and is now crowned the Queen of the Ardennes. Not only has she already won Strait of Bianchi this

year, this last week alone, she has just won Amstel Gold, Flesh Wallone, and Léges-Bestone-Leage,

the Triple Ardennes Crown.

She has five women's in her eight days of racing this year.

Allow me to introduce you to Damie Bollering.

Welcome to the move, Damie.

Thank you.

We are so excited.

I've met you a couple years ago.

We both raced for specialized, and my now husband and I were so excited to meet you.

And you have created quite a big fan base out here, not only for me and Mari, but also a ton of fans watching you just being

such a persistent and beautiful racer. So yeah, we wanted to talk about what this last week

and your year looks like today. Yeah, well, if I hear you say all the all all the, the reasons I've won so far now,

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