“I’ve been here most of my life, and my heart is at home here,” says 45-year-old pocket rocket Anriette Schoeman. As a champion cyclist, a Springbok and an Olympian, she obviously has room for few other fascinations… and coffee is one of them.
I take my coff ee…
Coffee is not the question – coffee is the answer! I like it STRONG, with lots of milk. I’m a bit of a coffee snob; and my favourite beans are Ethiopian arabica beans, when I drink coffee at home.
I’d love to go on a ride with…
Marianne Vos and Wout van Aert. They are my favourite celeb cyclists, without a doubt.
The secret to happiness
This story is from the March/April 2023 edition of Bicycling South Africa.
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