I rode, and I rode, and I rode. I rode like I had never ridden, punishing my body up and down every hill I could find. I rode when no one else would ride.

There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'

For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people. I said I would try and make it right with those people, and anybody that gave me an audience, I was there.

Forever is a big word. I'm not going anywhere.

In my most painful moments on the bike, I am at my most curious and I wonder each and every time how I will respond.

There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.

My cocktail, so to speak, was only EPO, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone.