Laurens De Plus opens his season tonight on the Tour Down Under and is very excited to score this year.
The 28-year-old Belgian from INEOS Grenadiers is engaged to his girlfriend! He knelt on the other side of the world. “I asked Charlotte to marry me on a beautiful Australian beach on January 1,” De Plus says. latest news.
He really wanted to propose to his girlfriend after the Vuelta. “We were going to travel to the American West Coast after the season… but then I fell in the first stage of the Vuelta and broke my hip. Because I was not allowed to sit on the bike for more than a week during my trip.” “Rehabilitation, we've canceled that trip.”
Lock ring
De Plus then decided to bow out in Australia. Although it would have been very difficult to transport the ring to Australia without being noticed. “I took the ring out of the box and put it in my bag, so Charlotte wouldn't see it. I was still nervous. Imagine if my luggage had gotten lost during the various flights to Adelaide… In the end, “Everything went without any problems. My proposal was even published in a local newspaper.”
