“Put Me In Any Race”: An Interview With Laurens Ten Dam

Laurens ten Dam wasn’t voted most popular in his high school yearbook. “I was already racing my bike by 17,” he says. “Which was considered pretty weird in comparison to drinking beer and smoking pot. But then maybe you were a little bit the outlaw because you were really into sports.” Ten Dam, who now rides for pro tour team LottoNL-Jumbo, is no longer the outlaw and he certainly does not lack for popularity. He...