and dekker does not want to give up for the time being
knowing and staying it remains he remains
just go to the last
drop
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and all that for a foreigner
the Dutch are difficult for one
foreigner
here is now an arrival with
a cruise through it is a firm one
pace that is developed by it
thomas dekker and also look at it
difference that now runs a little too
stronger back
the damage is even more because it
first strips of white running marie
but the road surface that has been noticed
ristie very bumpy
Jan I think so and always
disbelief the beach that in a thomas
dekker there all that work for now
may take into account
chapeau to be sure
Please check his age for 22
at 23 just become then he still needs 23
and on 6 September
he has meanwhile used in adria
to come and dream of romandia
no, that has always been a talent
super talent even yes still beautiful
images
who knew something at primary school
he or she wants to become the
with me it was clear that cycling is
fired with the spoon
I got one at the age of 11
road bike and black with white
comfort was dakhla and from that moment on
I am in love
I did not want anything else and each one free
hour that I had
I spend on my bike together with my
father or only by the head of
North Holland
in the week and I had side jobs
cyclists and expensive sport and I had
my father must have the father
agreement that I would also do my bit
contributions and all animals new again
things in in north holland were for
my father and I kind of
amusement parks we looked in the showcases and we
hoped that we would one day be the most beautiful
could buy a bicycle
who will experience a lot of support from you
from the parents
I always have a lot of support
encountered with holders I am thinking on
a young age is the support of you
so essential my father already bought
young age
I allowed myself a scooter but
how do know all my scooter bought and
when he got out of work, he went on
the militia and I know in the back
it was the bike the bike and not otherwise
I was addicted to and
it worked a little every year
little better and at 16 years of age 17
age I could measure me with the
world top
like just a problem on that
age you should be right
enjoy and calm down to the future
look
but I want to become a professional as soon as possible
it was never fast enough
which of you sometimes made mistakes
Well I have, I’m a man with a man
of flesh and blood
and I made enough mistakes
I have a book about it last year
written and yes a book full of mistakes
I wanted a lot
and I also want to be quick maybe I wanted to
too much or too fast and afterwards as I do
In this way I looked back into a world
me but I was not ready for docu
blind in
and I never had the fringe business
of cycling thought hard
choices and soon in the beginning of my
career
I feel like I was turning downhill
the road was coming to me faster and faster
and I was no longer able to
brakes
in this phase of my career that is
funest
I had quietly the top of the climb in the
I had to keep an eye on it and I had it quiet
have to climb and I had my will
time to give if I now have myself there
come across
fifteen years ago
I would have been 17 years as on
this picture
then I would like to tell him thomas
what are you doing
this is the most beautiful sport out there is you
are blessed with a unique talent
cherish this you go for a courting
you have come this far by the support of
your parents
do not keep those people away
near you the way to the top
is not a straight road it is a road full
with turns writhing on and off and you
do not let yourself be dazzled
do not let yourself be blinded by the
spotlights of the apparent room
patience which of you has a patience
I take even a sip of water because I
I actually have very little patience and
it’s counterproductive for me
I was at a fairly young age
all well I was 17 when I first
the Worldcup
and from that moment was winning for me
normally works in the adult world
it generally is not so in the
big wheels world
do not work it as well if I do
think back is naïve
I thought what was within the norm quite
neighbors and actually a sport is true
almost always loses everyone
I was the big talent at that anyway
moment week to do me something
I remember a good example I can
finally doing an internship at the big one
professional team and in the Queen’s realm
for op
I believe man or six and there is another one
great Dutch cyclist
myself the team and we drive away and we
have a nice hole
we stay ahead and on the way he says
to me thomas you may be the mountain today
win points
and I remember that I thought I want to
not at all that mountain points within what
I have to go with such a mountain jersey
i want to whiter today i want today
win the race and 10 kilometers
before the end d but erik
I look back again and I come
no one back
I am with a street length lead
this match
I still see my
throwing my hands in the air I am
happy but I remember one more thing
In the evening I go to bed and I think so
to a thing
I want to win the World Cup two low
two weeks later in verona
if I look back now I just wanted to
Lake
I just wanted more more
actually I am not like that at all
brought up where does this urge come from me
come from a very normal
head of north holland
I have a sister and actually we have
a beautiful nice sweet
upbringing but still on a free
young age
I drove away from the base I did not enjoy
more but behavior became extreme
and I only had one thing I was
happiest on the bike
the physical and mental for satisfaction
Getting it out of it was my drive mine
drive to win even more
and when I look back, I suddenly see
person a person who is lost in one
maze and can not get out of it
in life
do you have different loves
for me, cycling is my big one
love
this sport is in my DNA but soon
I ended up in a negative spiral
this spiral cost me my sport
maybe not only my costs
sport the relationship with my parents with
family my sister
they saw everything from a distance and they
were worried and getting further and further
we actually got rid of it
warm family that I actually like
came from
I do not know if the boy would have thomas
listen
but the choices you make
at a young age have consequences for it
the rest of your life
the choices you can not do anymore
turn around you must be aware of you
yourself a wheels career takes a long time
you are young you are impatient and you
are restless, I remember well in 2005
my first year prof
may I round the round of Italy rows
from Italy
yes , a boy’s dream comes true
and since my first race thereon
ridden in the juniors a few years
previously I was in love with this country
the women the pastas the cars
I loved Italy instead of this one
round of italy to take as my
first big round myself patiently
ask
I let my dazzle
two months before the calculation stage
the north of france criterion
international
I won the queen stage and I know the
All day long with a big one
favorites for this jiro
at the end of the day we have to
sprint
on a climb of a kilometer or
three and I win
but two months later it looks very
differently
others apply in the round of Italy
laws I want to blow away like one
daisy in the wind
the time to go in actually
nice but I do not see it
the last week I find crying under the
shower on my own with the fever
blisters on my mouth and I wonder
What is going on here
if I could speak to Thomas now
the week before that round of Italy would
I tell Thomas when it’s come good
there are dozens of great kissing rounds
200 you are the youngest
participant who participates
you have to plan this round in the
future
Your potential is achieved than you
are only 20 years old you go in here
to grow
the end of the chiro
I am in 70th place and I am under 30
riders left behind me that more
to experience
older than me but have confidence
your time is coming too
I made a big mistake with the
choice
with which manager I surrounded myself
I should have chosen a manager who was at
quietly held that my mirror held up
you would say summer time is still coming
you have to plan a career
step by step they have to kiss
be prepared
career have to be planned and me
said to thomas you say need and the
the most beautiful sport there is
I have always dreamed of enjoying this
of this round have fun
no pants white is a first big one
round the pink sweater
listen to the people around you
people you love and who
to be patient
when I was 21 I thought it was time to get out
to fly
I left for Italy from a warm one
nest stability that I had every day
known to my parents by my sister
let me pre-set myself
I have been responsible for the
choices I made
when I look back I was a young guest
I was mature in age but I was
was not prepared for what was there
went all that came to me
I also found it very easy to me
surround the wrong people with the wrong people
people who were successful in the
cycling the people who stood guarantor
for success
they had the same vision as me
the cycling city in one
transition period
and actually afterwards and maybe I
became a professional for three years
I would like to tell you thomas
it is difficult to find the wise way
choose
the sensible way is often not the
fastest way but still you find out
with the standards and values where you are
grew up with
your people who are important to you
were not valid in this world
I would advise you to go home for a long time
you must continue to enjoy this
stability and love because you know
thomas
these people were there they were
close to you
your parents were true friends
as your sister
they were not interested in money
status or fame and if I think back
I hurt those people
what they did not deserve
I would also warn you that
top sport a hard world is a world
where you can easily burn
you must be careful with this love
handle
you will grow up and become a sport
if you like and where you mainly
the fun has to leave central
thomas it is a hard school for
you
I hope you can learn your wise lessons
I have fallen into all the pitfalls
wherever you can step in
have faith and have the patience
perhaps the most important thing
have fun I am already finished with it
and this is my sister give Photograph
I also think that everyone knows it
the
the midlife crisis the thirties dilemma
I am ready for the rest of my life
and the arrival is coming and in mind
physically every day
I’m just a lot more sensible now
and stronger and finally I would
to say thomas
this ready for the next step
and now look forward to the rest of your life
you are 32 years old I have one
very beautiful women and dear sister and
a great family and also a lot
good friends
thank you
[Applause]
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