Nothing goes to waste, you put it all to use, the old wounds and long-ago slights become the stuff of competitive energy.

A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.

Nothing goes to waste, you put it all to use, the old wounds and long-ago slights become the stuff of competitive energy.

Twenty-plus-year career, 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case.

Yellow wakes me up in the morning. Yellow gets me on the bike every day. Yellow has taught me the true meaning of sacrifice. Yellow makes me suffer. Yellow is the reason I'm here.

I'm not a patient person.

I love this race from the very depths of my heart. It gives me motivation and it transcendsme like nothing else in the world.