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

What athletes do may not be that healthy, the way we push our bodies completely over the edge to the degrees that are not human. I've said all along that I will not live as long as the average person.

If you go to Wikipedia and you look at the Tour de France, there's this huge block in World War One with no winners, and there's another block in World War Two. And then it seems like there's another world war.

I tried to control the narrative.

Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

How do you fight an invisible opponent like suspicion?