There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.

I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never seen such an abuse of power in cycling's history - resign, Pat, if you love cycling. Resign even if you hate the sport.

The physical demands of cycling is that it actually lowers your immune system, and you expose yourself to a tremendous amount of elements - so certain people might get a chronic overload and develop, say, bad asthma.

I remember training with [my Australian friend] Phil Anderson prior to the world championships and. I don't know, I was just floating. I was flying. That's why I got so darn nervous.

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.