This weekend, Alexis Magner took on one of cycling’s most iconic races, the Tour of Flanders, and came out swinging💥 Flanders is no easy feat. It’s a battle of positioning, patience, and power, and Alexis showed up with all three, finishing as the 2nd highest-placing American🇺🇲🔥 Here’s what Alexis had to say👇: “I had race nerves, but they were more out of excitement than pressure to get a result. My training has been going really well and being able to race Flanders and get that big load is an important building block for my fitness. I broke the race up into pieces—focusing on positioning for each section and making the front group. I knew that if I kept ticking off those milestones, then I had a chance of making it pretty far into the race. I finally blew on the Taaienberg. I did come back to the group a few times, but I was just surviving at that point. I’m really proud of how I kept fighting and arrived at the finish totally spent. My next big goal is Amstel on April 20th. I hope I can recover well from Flanders and have an even better race at Amstel!” Spring is where her flowers bloom.🌼 Up next: Amstel Gold. You don’t want to miss it. 📸: @jeredgruber