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    A DREAM COME TRUE, FINALLY

    Oct 09, 2020 6 minutes
    Interview Sophie Hurcom
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    How does it feel to finally get that place on the podium?

    It’s a huge relief. My story with the Tour has been pretty topsy turvy. To finally be going into Paris and going for the podium, is an absolute dream and a big relief. It’s really the icing on the cake for me, for my career. I’ve won some pretty big bike races before but to come to the Tour to perform, and to be on the step in Paris, is a dream come true.

    When we spoke in June you said that the Tour was the one thing that was missing. When you felt like you had the form in the years before, the crashes or bad luck got in the way, and it felt like a missed opportunity. It sounded then like you felt that your time had come and gone. Did you think it was still possible to get to this position?

    I didn’t. I worked so hard before the race

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