This article is part of Cycling Weekly's new 'the ride that changed me' series. Our writers hear from a range of professional and ex-professional cyclists about that one day on the bike that changed the trajectory of their career for good.
In Annemiek van Vleuten’s living room, there is a photo of her in the road race at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It is not a celebratory photo. She does not have her arms in the air, or a medal around her neck on the podium.
