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| Quotes
from 2010 - Quotes
prior to 2010 “They
treated us like criminals, like animals. They took Bart out of
the
shower, made us sign some papers and took us away.” - Jeroen
Blijlevens Kadisco
"It
was about doing what was right. It was about doing what allowed me to
live my life OK with me. So whatever the reaction is, I hope it's good.
I hope people want to know the truth, but that wasn't really my main
concern." -
Floyd Landis ABCNews
"I
don't have any personal ambitions, I just have ambitions for the team.
I'm trying to benefit the team the best and what benefited the team
most was the team classification so that was what I was going
for." -
Chris Horner CyclingNews
“The evidence [against Armstrong] will come from the
investigation, and I believe it will be overwhelming.” - Greg LeMond Yahoo!
"My case has nothing to do, for
example, with someone like Ivan Basso. Evidence was attributed to me
that wasn't mine, so I struggle to prove my innocence. I have never
doubted that." - Alejandro Valverde VeloNation
"Listen,
Landis spoke out because Armstrong was going after him. He made threats
against his (Landis's) friends." - Greg LeMond NBC
"We are overjoyed. I hope the
truth will come out." - Kathy LeMond
NBC
"We’re
obviously sad to see him go but at the end of the day, his health comes
first. Tyler won’t be able to heal until he goes home and rests and
that’s what he’ll do from here. To make it all the way to Stage 12 with
the injuries he’s had is something special." - Matt White
PodiumCafe
"He
[Renshaw] shouldn't have done that. It's not appropriate. I went past
Renshaw and then I felt him leaning on me and hitting me with his head.
Then he carried on afterwards and came across on Tyler's line and
stopped Tyler from possibly winning the stage. It's very inappropriate
behaviour and very dangerous behaviour." - Julian Dean CyclingNews
“The
press is pushing an agenda here. Look at the SI (Sports
Illustrated)
article in the beginning (May). ‘Lance Armstrong owned 50 percent of
the (USPS) team and he defrauded the U.S. government.’ That is so
fundamentally untrue and false.” - Lance Armstrong VeloNews
"If I'd attacked one more time
I'd have dropped myself." - Andy Schleck CyclingNews
“He
[Armstrong] really had some bad luck. Yesterday, we lived through an
experience that we will never see again. When I saw the repeat of the
stage last night on television, I was thinking about all the victories
that he has won. He obviously didn’t have his best day. All of the bad
luck came together at once. I didn’t enjoy seeing this. I’ve always had
a lot of admiration for him. If he finishes this Tour, I will have even
more.” - Alberto Contador BikeWorldNews
“He [Armstrong]crashed right in
front of me. Something happened and he punctured his
front tire and went down really hard. He was pretty beaten
up. I
thought he would really be up there in the front today, just all this
bad luck for him. I feel little bit sorry for him. I know he wanted to
be good in his last Tour. I think his morale is really low. I think he
will try to win a stage.” - Andy Schleck VeloNews
"They
found more than 200 blood bags in Spain. Up until this point, only 5
riders have been suspended. So one has to wonder where the other names
- including those from other sports - have gone." - Erik Zabel VeloNationn
“Will Contador ride for me
again? That seems impossible to me.” - Johan
Bruyneel VeloNationn
"S#$%! Cavendish is slower than
my mother! I wish I was in France. Why I am in Austria, not in
France?" - André Greipel Pappillon
“I
think the ASO owes the entire Tour peloton a public apology. I lost one
of the best friends I have in cycling, Fränk Schleck. And it was
written all over the road before the stage even started. It was a
stupid race, and a stupid mistake from the race organization. All I
want is a public apology. They should say ‘Dear riders, it was a
mistake, putting on a stage like that.’ It was stupid, it’s as simple
as that.” - Jens Voigt BikeWorldNews
"I
had a weird feeling this morning. I had a strange feeling when I woke
up," he said. "Almost all day I wondered why I came off the beach. But
I'll be back at it tomorrow." - Lance
Armstrong Yahoo!
“That
was S-T-R-E-S-S-F-U-L!! Managed to make it to the finish in one piece.
Amazing how much more intense the TdF is vs any other race.” - Lance
Armstrong Facebook
“I
felt the punishment I received for what had happened was unfair,
especially considering the magnitude of the problem and the people who
were never punished.” - Floyd Landis VeloNews
"We're here to win the Tour with possibly the strongest team in
the Tour ever." - Bjarne Riis Yahoo!
"The scientific theory I like
best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline
luggage." - Mark Russell QuotationsPage
"I’m
a big guy, and I’ll look for races that require a lot of power. I think
Fabian and Tom both make races pretty exciting, and that’s going to be
my job — to try to win and bring attention to the sport, and make it
exciting. And to be the best Taylor Phinney I can be.”
- Taylor Phinney VeloNews
"It's a time
consuming process,
atoning for participating in a systemic doping program."
- Joe Papp Pappillon
"I
rode up at my own pace. I was one of the first to back off. But I'm
happy considering I was almost dead less than a year ago."
- Jonny Bellis CyclingNews
"
Just saw the cover of the new Outside mag w/ yours truly on it. Nice
photoshop on a plain t-shirt guys. That's some lame bullshit"
- Lance
Armstrong Facebook
"There are 3 guys here in the race that I raced against their dads too...." - Lance Armstrong Facebook
"The
Dauphine is a really hard race with a quality field but it's a month
before the Tour de France. We shouldn't forget that the top riders come
here and they are not in their very top shape, while I am close to my
best.." - Janez Brajkovic CyclingNews
"I
find it [cannibalism-themed advertisements] too aggressive, way too
overpowering. I was shocked when I saw the ad campaign. This is too
provocative, but I no longer seem to get it. I've become too old." -
Eddy Merckx BSNYC
"There's
something going on in the row between Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong.
It's being fueled by LeMond helping Landis and by information being fed
to the media." - Pat McQuaid CyclingNews
"They
are asking him [Floyd Landis] to cease and desist from making
statements he's made about Mr. Verbruggen in the past few weeks because
they are not true." - Pat McQuaid CyclingNews
"I
hear Steve Jobs reserved a Nissan Leaf today. You can have the second
one boss, I got dibs on the first one." - Lance Armstrong Facebook
"Jan
[the late Belgian sports journalist Jan Wauters] posed pertinent
questions which were also in-depth. He was professional and not just
out for sensation, as is currently often the case." - Eddy
Merckx CyclingNews
"The
article [USA Today] goes on to talk about Lemond’s recovery from lead
poisoning after being accidentally shot by his brother-in-law in 1987.
Do I need to add that one of the long term effects of lead poisoning is
memory loss?" - Ron Callahan BikeWorldNews
"...one
thing I'd really like to see changed is the level of antagonism among
users of different transportation types. I'm often amazed at the level
of anger flowing in all directions among drivers, pedestrians and
cyclists." - Shane Farthing WashingtonPost "I'm sick of following my
dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with
them later." - Mitch Hedberg QuotationsPage "What is next for him
[Landis]and professional cycling is hard to determine right now."
- Patriot-News PennLive "What
set off Landis to take a slash and burn approach to the sport? He
claims that the UCI black-balled him from the sport and after his
suspension he was unable to return to a ProTour level team." -
NeilBrowne Versus "This
[investigation] does not in any way imply that the UCI considers the
allegations made by Mr Landis to have any basis." - UCI CyclingNews "It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves
badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go." - Bertrand
Russell QuotationsPage "A thing worth having is a thing
worth cheating for." - W. C. Fields QuotationsPage
“I was instructed to go to Lance’s place by Johan Bruyneel and get some EPO from him. The first EPO I ever used was then handed to me in the entry way to his building in full view of his then wife." - Floyd Landis CyclingNews “Winning
is not the only motivation, there is also the process of improving and
being on the road to the top. When you look back, those are the best
moments; not necessarily crossing the line in first position or having
a lot of people cheering for you, but making those steps." - Theo Bos
CyclingNews
“I believe in equality for
everyone, except reporters and photographers." - Mahatma Gandhi
QuotationsPage
“We
have a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport which has
confirmed it is his [Valverde's] blood, that it contained EPO, and
confirms that Valverde is a cheat. And, despite all this, he continues
to compete." - WADA attorney Olivier Niggli VeloNews
“If
my son was a professional cyclist and had to ride a Grand Tour like the
Giro d’Italia right now, I would accompany him on the trip and make
sure that he sometimes got a little EPO.. Not to increase his
chance of
winning, but simply to maintain his health." -
Peter Janssen VeloNation
"The glory of great men should
always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it."
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld QuotationsPage
"I
love the Giro. The countryside is beautiful, the ambiance is great and
the people in Italy are so passionate about the sport. The first time I
did the Giro, the team won with Savoldelli, so that was special."
-
Michael Barry VeloNews
"If
Lance Armstrong can return, and maybe win the Tour de France this
summer, then I see no reason why I should not hope to do so."
-
Michael Rasmussen VeloNation
"Getting
?'s today about
someone I'm following, a certain Cinco Armstrong. What to say? Yet
another blessing in our lives. I cannot wait!." - Lance
Armstrong
Facebook
"If I
would have drank 1 liter
of water after the injection [of EPO], I would now be preparing myself
for the Giro." - Thomas Frei
VeloNation
"Cancellara
has big shoulders and so as well as Andy and Frank there's a room for
me too. He can take all three of us…" - Alberto Contador
CyclingNews
"Surely
next year, if Cavendish does not leave for another team, I
will." - Andre Greipel VeloNation
"The
only way to keep your
health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do
what you'd rather not.” - Mark Twain LizHatch
“She’s
on the small side but
she makes up for that in how cute she is. And of course she has two
very proud parents in Frank and Martine. Additionally, little princess
Leea was born on Frank’s 30th birthday." - Andy Schleck
CyclingNews
“I
don't think that bike races get any harder than Tour of the Basque
Country with the exception of a Grand Tour." - Chris Horner CyclingNews
“Cancellara
is much stronger
than four years ago. He can also win the Amstel Gold next
weekend. And
then he will also ride Liège-Bastogne-Liège – we must make the most of
his fantastic form.” - Bjarne Riis VeloNation
"With
our team you have a hard life..." - Fabian Cancellara CyclingNews
"I
was riding 55kph and I wasn’t getting any closer.” - Tom
Boonen RKP
"There
was a significant
amount of CERA in the first test [Vania Rossi's urine sample],
so
much so that there we no doubts at all; in the second test, evidently
because of the degrading of the urine over time, the amount (of CERA)
wasn't within the limits established by WADA.," - Francesco
Botrè CyclingNews
"Even
when my friends and
family know that I am not a cheat, it still hurts to write this and it
really hurt to send that fax today [to accept his
sanction]." - Tom
Zirbel VeloNation
"Doping
is so ingrained in
certain managers, like GIanetti, that they can’t conceive of cycling
any other way." - Stephane Heulot BoulderReport
"It
was a bit strange [racing
with George today]. I gave him a gel with about 20 kilometres to go
because he was hungry, but I think that's the only thing we talked
about the whole day. We're still good friends, we'll probably be
texting each other tonight. I have to also thank Frédéric Gudeson and
Hincapie for showing me how to [win]." - Bernhard
Eisel CyclingNews
“They’re
accusing the
Secretary of Transportation of being on drugs because he wants to waste
money on bicycling,” - Tim Blumenthal
BicycleRetailer
“I
think this [letting the
Giro know our plans in advance] showed respect to RCS and the Giro in
that they could put in a team that had specific race
objectives. But
RCS did not like this news and instead decided that Team RadioShack
would not be invited to Tirreno-Adriatico. Hopefully we will not be
‘punished’ for future RCS races." - Johan Bruyneel
VeloNews
"It's
the Start of Spring, Otherwise Known to Al Gore as Proof of Global
Warming" - Bill Clinton
WeaselZippers
"An
adventure is only an
inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure
wrongly considered." - G. K. Chesterton
QuotationsPage
"They
all wear … my God … with
the little water bottle in the back and the stupid hats and their shiny
shorts. They are the same disgusting poseurs that in the middle of a
snowstorm come out with cross-country skiing on your block. Run 'em
down.." - Tony Kornheiser
BikeRadar
"Feed
a fever, starve a cold. Lightly sup with rickets." - Takayuki Ikkaku,
Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata.
QuotationsPage
"Pippo
knew the term 'metrosexual,' but for clarity: his sexual preference is
only for women." - Andy Schleck
VeloNation
"I am
passionate and competitive. I am not going to let Pat McQuaid of the
UCI determine who I am as a person." - Michael Ball
VeloNation
"Worried
would be too strong of a word. I'm aware of (my performance), but not
too stressed." - Lance Armstrong
BikingBis
"Let
me tell you something
about Floyd [Landis]. I like the guy, but his idea of business dealings
were not a lot to be desired. It didn't work out in the end because I
couldn't take his word, so it ended. I'm fine with that. It didn't end
in a bad way, but didn't end in a good way." - Michael Ball
VeloNation
"The
new rules mean that there
is no communication in category two races. I don’t mind. It just makes
it more important to have a good strategy beforehand, a team that will
work together and can talk together during the race." - Emma Johansson
PEZ
"I
don't think there is any
other sport that would have kept going, but we kept trucking along even
though there were rubbish bins blowing in the bunch and trees knocked
over. It was pretty mad." - Stuart O'Grady CyclingWeekly
"In
his [Ricco's] place I'd
have kept quiet… instead he said some crazy things that made me really
angry. Then he went to Sicily to train." - Vania Rossi CyclingNews
“The
day the A sample came back, the damage had been done – everything had
changed.” - Tom Zirbel VeloNews
"This
is my home town race and
I live a kilometre from the finish. It doesn't get much better, well,
winning gets better, but to go well here is special for me." - Tyler
Farrar CyclingNews
"...in
2008 when negotiations between the UCI, ASO and the teams virtually
collapsed and the teams signed an agreement with the ASO that brought
into question the team's continued participation in the biological
passport, I thought that it might be the end." - Anne Gripper CyclingNews
“Afterwards
we felt extremely
let down. There were huge promises, but they were never
fulfilled.” - Rudy Pevenage (DS, Rock Racing) CyclingNews
“Congrats
to Contador. He
showed that, as most people would agree, he is the best bike rider in
the world right now. Hats off to him.” - Lance Armstrong
VeloNation
"Nothing.
Nobody is talking. I
called Michael Ball, the team owner, but doesn't answer his cell phone.
In the end, it seems like it won't happen, but no one will confirm that
news or tell us what is going to happen with the squad." - Oscar
Sevilla
VeloNation
"It
sounds almost as if I need to fight for victory every time I race, and
I'm certainly not in a position to do that." - Michael
Rasmussen VeloNation
"Next
year we will make a decision on which teams no longer belong in the
ProTour. This is no idle threat." - Pat McQuaid VeloNation
"Vania's
positive threw dirt in my face and left me back in a hole. I
understand that it is a crucial moment for her, but it's not right that
I pay again." - Riccardo Riccò VeloNation
"I
agree with Mark Cavendish [who said called Riccò a 'parasite'] and
Marco Pinotti, it makes me want to vomit that he [Riccò]
is coming
back." - Matteo Algeri RoadBikeAction
"In
Qatar anything can happen. It's still all open for sure. We're going to
fight until the very last stage." - Heinrich Haussler CyclingNews
“It’s
sad that my faith in him [Wiggins] during the first year didn’t mean
enough to him for him to stick it out.” - Jonathan Vaughters VeloNation
"There
was a lot of bullshit post announcement from their point of
view." - Bradley Wiggins CyclingNews
"I
was very impressed by the
vineyards in Santa Rosa area and the beautiful hills of Southern
California. It’s quite different from Europe. Everything is so big and
there are such wide open spaces." - Alessandro Ballan USCyclingReport
"Cycling
isn’t for women, it hurts too much." - Riccardo Ricco PEZ
"It’s
like someone just punching you in your legs until you have a Charlie
horse for a couple of weeks or so. It’s happening right now. Right now
it’s my quads." - Katie Compton VeloNews
"...when
you're braking too much you're more dangerous than if you just let it
fly." - Christian Vande Velde CyclingNews
"Ivan
[Basso] might be a different personality. Maybe he doesn't have
the same need to speak up about others. It's bullshit; just because you
shout out about other people doesn't make you less wrong than another
guy. It doesn't make sense." - Bjarne Riis CyclingNews
"All
that drinking is starting to pay off. I beat the course record set by
Zman [David Zabriskie] two years ago and I was on somebody else's road
bike with clinchers and no aero clothes. Take that ^@*#&rs." -
Floyd Landis BrowneEye
“Hulk
Hogan on a bike.” - Michael Rogers [describing Andre Greipel] VeloNews
"I
think Levi’s a real dark
horse that no one really talks much about, and maybe he likes it that
way – but I think he’s pretty incredible." - Jason McCartney VeloNews
"No
one stands out too much.
There are many rivals, though man-to-man the person who put me in the
most difficulty in the mountains at the Tour was Andy Schleck." -
Alberto Contador VeloNation
"I
hope Lance can win, but it is not easy to win the Tour with so many
other good riders around. - Eddy Merckx DNAIndia
"Yeah,
it happened that quickly. I was like, 'oh, oh, I won again'." - Evelyn
Stevens CyclingNews
"Lance
has won seven Tours, I've only lost five." Cadel Evans TheAge
"Character
is what you have left when you've lost everything you can
lose." - Evan Esar QuotationsPage
“I
will be at 100 percent, riding for Alberto at the Tour de France. As
for me, I will do the best I can at the Giro de Italia.” -
Alexander Vinokourov VeloNews
"Believe
it or not, I believe that most riders don't want to dope - I think that
amnesty would work, where everyone admitted their indiscretions, but
with no come backs." - Joe Papp PEZ
"It’s
insulting to the passion that I have and the
others have for cycling … and for someone else [Riccardo Ricco] to not
give a
shit about that, it’s incredibly demoralizing to have to compete
against that.” Mark Cavendish VeloNews
"I
gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I
keep saying I gotta start working out. It's been about two months since
I've worked out. And I just don't have the time. Which uh..is odd.
Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch tv. And
get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone
number spells in words." - Ellen DeGeneres Quotationspage
"My
time and training and focus and emphasis on racing will be a little
more than it was last year. I'm really doubling down on the racing side
of things to see if we can get an eighth Tour (title)." - Lance
Armstrong ESPN
“I
would like to apologize deeply, profoundly from the bottom of my
heart.” - Christopher Thomas Thompson VeloNews
"The
risk of not lubing frequently enough is that you wear out the
drivetrain parts much more quickly. A good rule of thumb is, if it
sounds like a flock of birds chasing you down the street, it’s too
late." - Eric Schofield NYT
"It
is unthinkable that an 18-year-old would be able to find a substance
like Human chorionic gonadotrophin without the help of persons close to
him. The boy is only a puppet in the hands of people that are more
experienced in cycling." - Ivano Fanini CyclingNews
"I
might be trying to slow down the pace to help my man, but I'm not
endangering anyone's life or trying to put anyone into the barriers."
- Baden Cooke smh.com.au
"You
can't ask for a better proven combination than Johan and Lance, they've
done what no others have ever done. So for me and some of the younger
riders it's like: 'We're here with Johan Bruyneel, if we can't develop
and be better cyclists under him, then we're never going to do it'." -
Sam Bewley NZHearld
"The
biggest problem was situated in Pontarlier when George Hincapie
just missed out on the yellow jersey. That was stressful. George
thought that we had ridden against him, which we did not. George didn't
want to speak to
any of us. For weeks.” - Lance Armstrong CyclingNews
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