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.

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

It doesn't get any easier; you just get faster.

Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego.

If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.

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