Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.

Without the illness I would never have been forced to re-evaluate my life and my career. I know if I had not had cancer, I would not have won the Tour de France.

I made a mistake to go after him that day. I thought it was too important but I never said the things he said I did.

Then the first day I put the bike clothes back on, Luke was like, 'What are you doing? I thought you quit your job.' Then I came back an hour later all bloody and he thought that was the coolest thing.

It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.