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BIKE FEVER CATIE YOUNG Laurent Bevolaina Ratsarahery has caught a fever. It’s one that sees him leave his home in Wezemaal to fly through the Belgian countryside on an average of three hours and forty minutes almost every working day. It requires a two-wheeled carbon apparatus, nylon clothing, water and lots and lots of snacks.
As anybody, he didn’t catch the fever intentionally. It snuck up on him and now it looks like it’s here to stay, as does his life in Belgium as an ITM financial and administrative manager. Originally from Madagascar, Laurent is a father of a 16-year-old daughter called Janna. So how did the fever start? His local bike shop announced a sale and he bought a racing bike for recreation. Next, to get to