Great post.
When my daughter (probably about 8, at the time) and I rode together, as we got near home she would always yell "Tour de France time" and pedal her legs off to beat me to our street. I always let her win.
She's 27 now, a mother and a NICU nurse - she's still one of my heroes.
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