As many on the board know, besides vintage baseball cards, memorabilia and autographs, I'm a big cycling fan. This weekend I had quite a cool experience that I wanted to share with the board. It just goes to show how cool professional athletes can be.
Jack Haig is a very talented young professional cyclist that races for the World Tour team, Mitchelton Scott. Here's a recent article about him (
Haig a Future Great).
Needless to say, Haig is somewhat active on social media, and a few months back, he had posted about how he enjoyed chocolate bars from around the world. I contacted him through his online profile and told him about a new chocolate company that opened up in Brooklyn, NY and offered to pick him up a few bars and send them to him. He was about to race the Giro d'Italia (the Italian Grand Tour - one of the "Big 3" along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta in Spain), so I asked him if he would be willing to save me one of his race numbers as a trade, which he said he would.
Fast forward to today. I received a package in the mail from Andorra. I was a bit confused as to what it was, but when I opened it, I found this inside as a thank you for the chocolate bars. Included were Haig's used kit (jersey, race number plates, warmers and musette bag) from the 2018 Giro, and a set of brand new race kit (gloves, socks, vest, etc) from the team. Talk about an incredible response! Cycling may not have the following here in the US that it has in Europe, but for a cyclist to give away his used jersey from one of the sports biggest races is quite amazing. It would be on par with Aaron Judge sending his playoff jersey to a fan.