star struck?
Filed Under (bros) by Christian on 01-09-2008
As I am just opening the door heading out in the narrow street the other day I hear and “oh wow” and when I look up there is a younger man with his parents. “Wow, can i get my picture taken with you? I am a big fan”, a little dazzled I say “yeah for sure, where you from?”, at this point feeling pretty good about myself, I mean a random cycling fan knows who I am. Then it all came crashing down for me and my new found stardemhood, “your Ryder Hesjedal, right?”. Yeah, maybe the midget version, come on, haha. I mean I guess one could make that mistake, Ryder is Canadian and rides for Garmin, so when I come out wearing a Garming jersey with a huge maple leaf on it I can see how the correlation could be made. By the time i explained who I was the pictures had already been taken, so I now have one official fan if he likes it or not.
Ir would be nice if those maple leaf sweaters were more common in Europe eh! I’d still be chuffed to have yer autograph. For an old man like me who lives vicariously through web sites and takes great pride in the accomplishments of youse canucks, being paid to race your bike makes you a hero in my estimation.