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LAURENS TEN DAM

y story begins in August 1997, when I was 16 years old. I had made a little name for myself in the Dutch road racing scene and before I could become cocky I heard the same thing from lots of people. If I wanted to do real racing I should go to Belgium. That was the home of cycling, according to my advisors. The kermesses, local

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