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Perseverance

Robbie McEwen won the first stage (as opposed to the prologue) of the 2007 Tour de France.

The first couple of stages or so tend to be flat which favors sprinters like McEwen. What makes today's win noteworthy is that he went over his handlebars with 12 miles to go hurting his wrist and cutting his knee.

In an interview on OLN Versus he said he never gave up, he just did what he had to to get back in the race and obviously it worked out.

This is a great metaphor for life. Occasionally we all go over the handlebars and when that happens we need to get up, clear our head, make sure we are not hurt and then get back on the bike to get back in the race.

If you have never needed to do this you will at some point, hopefully you will be ready and hopefully it will make you stronger.