It never gets easier; you just go faster.

I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group. I'm 38, not quite finished yet.

There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing.

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.

Testing, we will never do enough of it.

I know it is possible to win the Tour without taking anything.

There is no pill, no drug, that can do for you what one hour of exercise can.