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“The supporters...It is true that they are dangerous when they run close to the riders. From there to throwing a punch. That is a step.”

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Gilberto Simoni

Gilberto Simoni, born on August 25, 1971, is a renowned cyclist. He has achieved numerous honors throughout his career and has excelled in international cycling competitions. more

“There were something like 50 good, arduous climbs around Nice, solid inclines of ten miles or more. The trick was not to climb every once in awhile, but to climb repeatedly. I would do three different climbs in one day, over the course of a six- or seven-hour ride. A 12 mile climb took about an hour, so that tells you what my days were like.”

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Author:Lance Armstrong

“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.”

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Book:It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“The Ventoux is a god of Evil, to which sacrifices must be made. It never forgives weakness and extracts an unfair tribute of suffering.”

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Author:Roland Barthes

“Physically, the Ventoux is dreadful. Bald, it's the spirit of Dry: Its climate (it is much more an essence of climate than a geographic place) makes it a damned terrain, a testing place for heroes, something like a higher hell.”

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Author:Roland Barthes

“Nineteen hundred meters up there is completely different from1,900 any place else. There's no air, there's no oxygen. There's no vegetation, there's no life. There's no life. Rocks. Any other climb there's vegetation, grass and trees. Not there on the Ventoux. It's more like the moon than a mountain.”

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Author:Lance Armstrong

“Excellence demands that you be better than yourself.”

Demand Excellence

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