I'm More Optimistic About Cycling Right Now

The Key Is Being Able To Endure Psychologically. When You're Not Riding Well, You Think, Why Suffer? Why Push Yourself For Four Or Five Hours? The Mountains Are The Pinnacle Of Suffering

I Know It Is Possible To Win The Tour Without Taking Anything.

The Most Important Decision I Ever Made In My Career Was To Live My Life In Sports As Honestly And Ethically As Possible. Never Having Compromised My Values Allows Me To Look Back On My Life With No Regrets And Feel Satisfaction In What I Was Able To Accomplish.

You Don't Suffer, Kill Yourself And Take The Risks I Take Just For Money. I Love Bike Racing.

I Know Too That We Americans Like To Think Of Ourselves As Cleaner Than Clean, A Healthy Nation Who Would Never Take Anything When A Recent Poll Suggested That 65 Per Cent Of The Population Would Risk Dying In 10 Years If They Would Be Guaranteed Olympic Gold.