And so a dream fell apart. “I wanted to be a cyclist for at least ten years,” says Van den Berg, who made his debut in the Tour de France in 2023. “I wanted to ride the tour a few more times.” Also the hope to ride again with his brother Marijn, also a professional cyclist, in one team. “I would have liked to have worked for him in flat journeys to put him well for the sprint.”
The drama of Lars van den Berg: ‘I wanted to be a cyclist for at least ten years’
