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LA ROCHE-SUR-YON: Finally, the day was over. Amund Grøndahl Jansen (24) from Nes on Romerike looks into the happy chaos that marks the beginning of a stage of the Tour de France.
He was finally the runner of the Tour de France. The day before, he had made his debut in the biggest bike race in the world.
– I had a dream about it as a boy, yes. But when that happened, it became a normal day at work. It's a bit rougher than usual a bike ride, but it was about doing the work I was expecting, "said the 24-year-old who took 119th place at the start.
Kaos at work
A starting area in a sleepy French village with narrow streets and tens of thousands of spectators, bicycles, coaches, spectators, photographers, autographs, auto-kicks, journalists and VIP is anarchy partially organized. Around us, all the big names of the bike ride to and from their coaches. Peter Sagan shower and is always in the middle of an interview on TV when the start counts 4-3-2-1 start! Chris Froome bows again and has his own bodyguard to start this second day at the Tour de France.
This is what has become the working day of Amund Grøndahl Jansen. Two years ago, he drove for the Norwegian continental team Joker.
He is in his second season with the Dutch professional team LottoNL Jumbo. Already in January of this year, he saw himself offered a new two-year contract with the team. Something unusual at the beginning of this industry.
A Classic Future
In management, they firmly believe that the talented Norwegian rider can become one of the greats in a few years.
– He is strong and good cyclist and in the future he will be very good in the spring classics and a good sprinter. He is also already an important member of the team, "says Niko Verhoeven, sports director of LottoNL, in Aftenposten.
But those who want to see Amund Grøndahl Jansen on stage in this edition of the Tour de France are allowed to wait. He has a clear task and he brings the big sprint star of the team Dylan Groenewegen in a position to win stages.
– I will do what I came here to do. He is sitting under Dylan's impulse, he says who has the word to be an extremely faithful runner who has done a great job for spearheading the Dutch team.
The Roubaix stage for Jansen
However, this may open the opportunity for him to look for his own opportunities. A stage passes partly on the track of the Paris-Roubaix spring classic. This is the 9th stage of this year's rides. Sports director Verhoeven confirms that it is possible that the team will bet on Grøndahl Jansen at this point.
It's now his second season as a professional cyclist at the highest level. He learned Dutch.
– It was easy to learn, and so it is a great advantage to be able to speak when most of us speak Dutch.
He moved to Spain and now lives in the bike town of Girona until the border with France.
– Many colleagues live in the region and in Andorra. I plan to move there too. It's good there and taxis are not that bad either, "he said with a smile.
He also had a boyfriend after he became a pro. She is Spanish.
– I would have a treatment at a physiotherapist. There, I hit her. She is a physiotherapist.
Maybe on the bike
He now lives a life away from the education he had in the rural areas in Nes.
– I come from a place where it does not happen so much. When you were in one place, it was a cycling issue, and then it was fun to ride alone. In the 12's I drove my first tour with the country road bike. Then he was bitten by basil, he says.
And he had progress. Well helped by coach Tore Pedersen that he wants to attract as an important person for his development as a cyclist.
– And then the family is also very important because I have it.
Jansen also believes that he entered the cycling sport at a very favorable time. Although the Tour de France is a bit bothered by the circle of asthma around Chris Froome, the 24-year-old athlete thinks there's hardly been a cleaner cycling sport.
– I read that Venus Williams had complained of being tested someday. For a cyclist, it seems strange. We are among the most tested athletes and there is little room to cheat now, he says.
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