Losing and dying: it's the same thing.

It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not have won the Tour de France if I had not had cancer. It gave me new strength and focus.

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

I am just coming into my best years. This year I did new things; stretching and abdominal work.

It works better for me to be nervous and hungry.

Lance Armstrong is not the biggest fraud in the history of world sport. US Postal was not the most sophisticated doping programme.

We sped on, across the plains, toward Metz. I hung back, saving myself. It is called the Race of Truth. The early stages separate the strong riders from the weak. Now the weak would be eliminated altogether.