I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.

I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.

I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.

To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.

My epiphany came in that police cell: I realized I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd come to hate cycling because I blamed it for the lie I was living.