“I'd just killed some of the best riders in the world - and I was clean. I'd taken nothing - no EPO, no cortisone, no testosterone, no painkillers, no caffeine. I had justified to myself that I was a great rider without drugs - yet perversely given myself the green light to dope again. I'd proved what I could do clean - how much more could I do if I was doped?” InspirationalSelfPainSuccessDrugsDoping Book:Racing Through the Dark Source: Racing Through the Dark
“Preparation was a term I was to hear more and more. It had another more sinister meaning. If you were prepared, it meant you were doped.” InspirationalLife LessonsDoping Book:Racing Through the Dark Source: Racing Through the Dark
“It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. (...) Everything I'd previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn't finish the Tour de France.” LifeInspirationalSuccessDeathSportsFailureRacingAchievementsDoping Book:Racing Through the Dark Source: Racing Through the Dark
