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" I could have been banned. That's what I was most scared about. All the hard work being for nothing. It was basically my livelihood and my sport being taken away from me. It was everything. "

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Lizzie Armitstead

Bike

Back

Week

" The only thing that I can do - and the only thing that I've always done - is to ride my bike fast and get my head down and control the things I can control. "

" I feel really lucky. There wasn't a doubt in my mind when Phil asked me to marry him. "

Lizzie Armitstead

Him

Doubt

" I am one of the best in the world, and it's a position I should get used to being in. "

" As far as I'm concerned, as soon as you reach your goal, then that's the box ticked for me. I don't feel the need to repeat titles or repeat victories; as soon as I get the one, then I'm happy. "

Lizzie Armitstead

Feel

Happy

" As a female athlete, I think it's really important to stand up on a podium and represent females and what we're capable of, and I always try to make political statements with what I do rather than with headlines. "

" A family is something that I definitely want, but I'm 26, so I have plenty of time, and I try not to kind of confuse the two because, if I'm lucky enough, I want to make having a baby a personal decision rather than a career-defined one. "

" A world championship medal on the road is something that I'm missing from my CV. "

" I think about Rio every day. Every day in training, it's something that drives me forward. I want to be Olympic champion. "

" At the end of the day, cycling is a business, so we have to be able to offer something to a sponsor, and without exposure, that's going to be difficult, but that's where the UCI perhaps has to be a little bit stronger. "

" I'm quite un-traditional. "

Lizzie Armitstead

Quite

" I'm one of the most tested athletes in the world. "

" It's very special that the Olympics is in London. As a first Olympic experience, it's going to be pretty incredible. "

" It's fantastic news that the Aviva Women's Tour will continue in 2016. "

" The UCI have to make the decision to put in rules into women's cycling that they have in men's cycling: you know, like a minimum budget to run a women's team and that sort of thing so that it becomes more professional. "

" I feel extremely guilty that I've had to put team-mates through extra media questions. "

" I remember taking my stabilisers off my bike with my dad in the back garden. It was a small little bike, and it was called Poppy, had balloons on it, and was purple. "

" I can't pick up the phone to everybody that doubts me and explain myself. "

Lizzie Armitstead

Phone

Myself

" I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person. "

" Eating well is really important to me. That means having balanced meals, never missing a meal, never skipping a meal, having a balanced diet, and never doing anything extreme. "

Lizzie Armitstead

Doing

Eating

" Cycling is a business. "

Lizzie Armitstead

Business

Cycling

" I'm not a victim, and I don't need to behave like one. "

" The Rio experience for me is going to be completely different to London. "

Lizzie Armitstead

London

Different

" I have never cheated anybody out of a victory, I have worked hard for every single race that I have won. "

" You can't expect a woman who's holding down a part-time job to train for the biggest race in the world. She has to have a minimum wage, and I think it's something that is pretty crazy that we don't have that. "

" It's no big deal if I disappoint strangers. "

" When I have children, it will be my choice, and I won't feel under any pressure. "

" I don't particularly buy into all the nutrition fads and that sort of thing. "

" It hurts me to consider anybody questioning my performances. "

Lizzie Armitstead

Anybody

Hurts