“As long as I breathe, I attack.”

I race to win, not to please people

When you nourish your body with pure energy, you transform from the inside out.

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60.

I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one’s work.

As long as I live and breathe, I attack

There’s a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There’s something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym.

In the context of the great debates about identity politics – are you gay or straight, nationalist or republican, British or English and so on.

Cycling also offers a sense of independence.

In the UK cycling was very popular until the end of the 1950’s but it really lost out to our love affair with the car.

Regaining a culture where cycling is seen as an everyday part of life requires time and effort.

The finest mode of transport known to man.