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" Cycling is a part of my life; it always has been, and I will always continue to cycle. I won't be doing it on the world stage, doing it competitively, but I'll still be out on the weekend with the masses riding around Richmond Park in my Team Sky jersey or whatever. I just love it. "
Weekend
Life
Love
" Growing up, the news agents round my way in Kilburn all had 'Time Out' on their shopfronts. The logo is a London icon. "
News
Way
Growing Up
" I began cycling round the Serpentine because it was the only closed route in London where I could ride traffic-free. "
Only
London
Ride
" I'd love to win Paris-Roubaix. "
Win
Love
" I don't make predictions. I know what I can do, and I try not to think too far ahead. "
I Can
Know
Think
" I feel a different person in a lot of ways. I feel much more professional and dedicated to my trade than I used to be. I appreciate this ability I've got - and don't take it for granted any more. That fits every aspect of my life now. "
My Life
Appreciate
Life
" I feel like I was born to ride the track. "
Feel
Ride
Like
" If we went to the Tour, I'd have to think, what would our purpose be? Would it be to win the Tour de France? I'm not sure I want that pressure. "
Pressure
Want
Think
" I know the freedom that cycling gives you in terms of being able to just jump on and go. "
Go
Cycling
You
" I'm not just a time triallist any more. "
More
Just
Any
" I've become more of a climber now - who still keeps that time trial as strong as ever. It gives me such self-belief. I feel a different athlete. "
Now
Strong
Athlete
" I've got an opportunity that not many people have - to be the leader of Team Sky as I enter the prime years of my career. "
Sky
Team
Leader
" I was born in Belgium, but we moved to Kilburn when I was one, so 'Time Out' has always been in the background of my life. "
Time
Life
Born
" My attitude is that, if you have nothing to hide, why not show it? "
Why
You
Show
" My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome. "
Baby
Professional
First
" One of my all-time favourite guitarists is, in fact, a bassist - John Entwistle from The Who. He's one of my all-time favourites, the way he kind of expanded. I mean, he could have been a lead guitarist and been one of the best guitarists in the world. He wasn't even bass player; he was a bass guitarist, and he took the bass to another level. "
Kind
Lead
Mean
" People come up to me in the street and use words like 'legend.' "
Legend
Words
Street
" That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating the media for asking me questions about Lance Armstrong. "
Media
Me
Hating
" The 2012 Olympics is a fantastic incentive for everyone to help leave a sporting legacy and show that Britain is truly a great sporting nation. "
Great
Help
Everyone
" The changing of the goals helps keep the motivation fresh. "
Fresh
Changing
Motivation
" The Tour has changed, and I can't make up my mind if it's changed for the better or worse. "
Changed
Better
Worse
" They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing. "
Now
Weather
Say
" Usually, the great thing about cycling is that anybody can watch it; it's very accessible. "
Accessible
Watch
Great
" When you get into the final week of the Tour de France, it becomes a different kind of race. As the distance and the fatigue really tell, that is when it becomes a proper test of everyone's fitness. "
Distance
Week
Fitness
" You can plan physically to try to win the Tour, but I could never plan for what was going to happen after it. "
Never
Plan
Try
" You take for granted that you can walk. You do it every day, and then suddenly you can't walk, and you have to remember, 'How did I get out of this chair and start walking in the first place?' "
Walk
Walking
You
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