Jamie Anderson - academic, author, hotel & art gallery owner, husband, father and champion masters cyclist.

Lowlands Coaching

In this podcast Gerry and Geoff speak with Jamie Anderson.
Jamie grew up in a small country town in Australia. A few hours north of Melbourne in the southeast. It was a small community, but seen as a hub for cycling. They had Commonwealth game riders and Olympic riders coming out of that little town where he grew up. So Jamie started riding his bike too. He was about nine years old starting with BMX, and then graduated to the track, there was a velodrome in town, and later onto the road. Jamie raced topsport, or what we call elite level, juniors, in Australia at state national level.
We talk about his academic career and the decision at 40 years old to revitalize his cycling career and race as a master in multiple disciplines.
Jamie currently lives in Belgium with his wife and kids where he own a hotel for cyclists. We learned all about what racing in Belgium is like, how Jamie got the idea to start the Hotel and all the amazing work he's doing for the cycling community supporting young riders across the globe!
"Jamie Anderson is an academic, author, hotel & art gallery owner, husband, father and champion Masters cyclist. A multiple TED speaker, he has been named as a “management guru” in the Financial Times and has held positions at some of the world’s leading business school.
Since opening in mid-2021, his “Flandrien Hotel” has become a “home away from home” for cyclo-tourists, individual athletes, and teams in the heart of the Flemish Ardennes in Belgium. The Hotel is described as “the ultimate place to stay for cyclists” and has been featured in many of the world’s foremost cycling publications.
In addition to its for-profit activities, the Flandrien is active in bosting diversity and inclusion in cycle sport through a range of charitable projects. The business has recently launched a Scholarship Program for international Cyclocross athletes, and in spring 2023 will welcome its first group of young African riders to train and race in Flanders."
https://flandrienhotel.com/
https://teamafricarising.org/