Video: Anneke Beerten Back on Specialized for 2019

 did u smell her hair, too?
I take it for granted, though

 @marianodh21: need to change his username to sniffer.. !

 why did special ed drop her only to resign her again?

 She's been with Specialized more than a few times. I've been rooting for her ever since she was on BeOne. When she left BeOne, she rode Specialized bikes as a privateer. Directly after that she joined the team. She then got on a good number of different brands both as privateer as well as part of a team (Turner, Intense, Trek) before she returned to Specialized. Then GT, Alchemy and now back on Specialized again. So that would be third time on the Specialized team. Or fourth if you include her time as a privateer. I don't quite know what you mean with Specialized having made a "mistake" other than that I feel that the previous time she was on the team they gave her great results way too little exposure on their website.

 @vinay: It is interesting that she left and came back so many times. Makes you wonder why she left.

 @tacklingdummy: I think her focus (and expectations from her sponsors) is different this time around. Initially it was all about racing and her results. This time around though it seems to be about coaching and inspiring. And I think that perfectly suits the marketing route of Specialized. Sure Hannah Barnes still competes in EWS but both she as well as Matt Hunter are mostly inspiring with their way of live and love for riding bikes. And honestly I think that approach is one more people can (and/or like to) relate to than to a racer with a very strict regime and great results in the kinds of events the customer will never compete in. Anneke Beerten is always stoked on inspiring younger riders and girls. And Specialized just has more stuff for that target audience.

 @vinay: Well said.

 Specialized never did run bike yoke posts. They always put command droppers on their bikes. Alchemy had crankbrothers posts on hers and Cody’s bikes. I have a bike yoke post myself and I can confirm that it beats every other post by light years.

 @evaneisenhart: both Keene and graves run the revive on their race bikes for the last 2 years....

 @evaneisenhart: They did not spec them on their bikes for retail, but as mentioned by @proamrider, Keene and Graves both used BikeYoke dropper posts. They even had their names laser engraved on them!

 @neologisticzand: that's because they are personally sponsored by them, not a team sponsor. Anneke is on a different program than the EWS race team "umbrella" although she'll get support when she races a few EWS

 I think something happened with her and alchemy.

 I haven't heard anything about this, any idea how or what they did (supposedly)?

 Hear for the gossip

 She does appear to be shifting or at least sharing he focus between competition, coaching and inspiring. The latter two she can keep on doing well after she quits competition. And this also appears to be what her sponsors expect from her.