The truth is that things were already going so poorly for me that nothing surprised me anymore. But then the BKA sent 20 agents to search my house.

I made a big mistake. There's no doubt about it. But there have been positive testing cases in the past where the offender wasn't attacked to quite the same extent, especially not by other riders.

The crazy thing is that I really wasn't under any pressure. My contract wasn't going to expire until the end of 2008, and everyone was satisfied with me. But I wasn't. I always wanted to improve.

Riders called me up afterwards to say that they had had no other choice. I couldn't understand the way they changed their tune.

I can count off on one hand the number of times I've used testosterone gel - because it doesn't really do much.

The patient in the bed next to me told me that the newspapers were reporting on the test, and it was on television all day long.

My mother had to justify the fact that she had heart pills.