One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.

If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever.

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

Made plenty of mistakes along the way - all of which I am truly sorry.

I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.

You know what they say, the high trees get the wind.

I'm not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.