Sportman of the year 2009

A few days ago I was selected to participate in the annual sportsmen of the year gala in Luxembourg’s biggest Casino. After a nice dinner I was elected number 3 male athlete behind the two Schleck brothers (Andy Schleck: TdF 2nd place and brother Frank: TdF stage winner).

I felt that was a great honor from the sportspress.lu in Luxembourg and I was very happy about my results and the way it all happened. Thanks for all the support and the belief in me.

Just a few days later I had a great TV show with Mandy Minella (Tennis) and the two Schleck brothers. RTL invited us to a fancy restaurant where we filmed the “Sport Rückblick 2009″. Good times and lots of fun with the RTL group especially Tim Hensgen.

After several sport tests and medical checks, most of my appointments were done, so my time was up in Luxembourg and we drove south towards Stuttgart, GER to see my parents for the Christmas time. The temperature went down to -14 degrees Celsius which is colder than you can imagine- so no chance to ride my bike and it didn’t take long till I booked my next flight back to where the sun is shining. One more week in the cold. Too bad, since we had planned to do some cross country skiing in the south of Germany, but most accommodation were already booked out. Maybe next year.

Now it has been about 10 days since I started training again and my weight already starts bouncing back and slowly I can see the light at the end of the tunnel again. Man it’s tough to start back and so I decided to share my thoughts about my training break and the torture of getting back into it. It is worth a nice blog post- which will follow shortly.

See you soon

Yours, Dirk