Today in the Flèche Wallonne, Tiesj Benoot will no longer be on the bike with the stress of giving birth, as he did on Sunday in the Amstel Gold Race. His partner Fien gave birth to their second child yesterday. This became known at the start of the Flèche Wallonne – with Benoot.
Our starting interviewer got a beaming Tiesj Benoot in front of his microphone: “I became a father last night,” the 30-year-old Visma-Lease a Bike rider revealed.
On Sunday he had given Fien the numbers of his team leaders, so that he could immediately get off if necessary. That did not happen, Benoot was third on the podium in Valkenburg.
A second flight scenario did not have to be drawn up. With Loes, the Benoot family welcomed a second daughter, after Roos in December 2021.
Despite the birth, Benoot presented himself for the start today, tired but satisfied: “I was in the hospital all day, last night we welcomed a beautiful daughter.”
We were in the hospital all day yesterday and welcomed a beautiful daughter that evening.
Tiesj Benoot
The circumstances are not ideal, but he doesn’t care about that. “I didn’t sleep that much. I also ate a hospital meal twice and didn’t cycle yesterday. But that’s definitely the biggest side issue right now.”
“I guess I’ll have to look elsewhere for my energy today.”
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2024-04-17 09:01:07
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