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While the rest of his US peers set up their overseas operations in well-established European landing spots like Girona, Nice or Lucca, Logan Owen (EF Education First-Drapac) followed a path blazed by fellow Washington native Tyler Farrar, taking up residence in Belgium during the majority of his race season.
Maybe Owen is drawn to the rainy, grey Belgian winters - not unlike those he grew up with on the Kitsap Peninsula along Puget Sound in Bremerton - or maybe it's simply that he knows his cycling fortunes lie on the cobbled roads and famous bergs that are the foundation of the Spring Classics, where Owen hopes to one day excel.
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"It just seems like home, honestly," Owen tells Cyclingnews from a team camp in Girona, where he has joined several teammates for a week of training in northeast Spain.
Owen's 'home' in Belgium comes pre-furnished with a family - a handy amenity for a rider who will spend months on end away from his own family and new bride back in the Pacific Northwest. He first met his Belgian hosts as a teenage cyclo-cross rider looking for a place to stay during the Koksijde cyclo-cross World Cup, and he's been coming back ever since.
"They loved having us over, and since then they keep inviting me to come back," Owen says. "They're kind of like my second family. It's perfect.
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