The night before, he and his wife prepared a dinner that mostly consisted of items from their garden. The next morning, he spent time tending his property in Vermont before going on a long drive. Now, the life of Ian Boswell, a former pro-cyclist-turned-cyclist-turned-cyclist and countryman - is much different than it has been in the past 10 years.

As a professional cyclist, Ian had extraordinary racing experience in the Tour de France, La Vuelta and Giro d'Italia. With the tour just ending and La Vuelta and Gero close to begin, we recently asked Boswell, who was also part of Team Sky from 2013 to 2017, about his time in the Grand Tours and what he remembered so much.