Laurens ten Dam: I live for the challenges and even at 41, I continue to find them

Dutch retired WorldTour rider on juggling off-road racing with running 3 companies and a family

Laurens ten Dam
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Laurens ten Dam is one busy man. The retired WorldTour racer, now self-proclaimed pro adventurer, runs no less than 3 companies, and this year will see him produce an astonishing 85 podcasts, 2 films, 4 cycling events and even, an extensive line of clothing. All the while he’s training to compete, as the only European, at the Life Time Grand Prix series as well as other off-road adventures In the US and Columbia. Somehow he still manages to find the time to be there for his family —wife Thessa and their two sons, 9-year-old Jens and 7-year-old Bodi. 

It is no surprise then that he takes my call while driving, filling what could have been a rare moment of solitude with more work. 

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