They just don't make 'em like this anymore, his retirement in many ways signals the end of an era.
I personally consider it a privilege that I got to witness firsthand his awesome 2002 Paris-Roubaix victory and that I've met and spoke to him three times (albeit briefly). Always, he was cordial and unassuming. What a phenomenal talent. They should name a beer after him- Hard Man Trippel! Most appropriately drunk out of a stone mug, of course.
They just don't make 'em like this anymore, his retirement in many ways signals the end of an era.
I personally consider it a privilege that I got to witness firsthand his awesome 2002 Paris-Roubaix victory and that I've met and spoke to him three times (albeit briefly). Always, he was cordial and unassuming. What a phenomenal talent. They should name a beer after him- Hard Man Trippel! Most appropriately drunk out of a stone mug, of course.
