The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me.

A bicycle is the long-sought means of transportation for all of us who have runaway hearts.

Hey. Pain can last a moment, it can last a day, it can last a week, it can last a long..long time, but it can't last forever and the only thing that can last forever is if you quit.

Truth is, a triathlete won the Tour de France seven times.

That was my decision, so I have to be responsible for that. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life and I don't have a good reason for why I wanted to come back, I don't have a good reason for doing it all.

I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.

I know what happened to cycling from 1999 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion.