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" I feel really lucky. There wasn't a doubt in my mind when Phil asked me to marry him. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Me
Him
Doubt
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" Most of my friends are non-cyclists. They are interested and proud of my achievements, but, equally, if I stopped tomorrow, they wouldn't say much about it! "
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" For the rest of my life, I realise people are going to ask questions of me, but at the end of the day, I am a clean athlete, and I have worked hard. "
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" 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. "
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" It's no big deal if I disappoint strangers. "
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" I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person. "
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" I find weddings too procedural sometimes. I just want a big, fun party. "
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Big
Want
" It's really important for cycling and for women to be on a sporting stage which is in the mainstream and across the board, not just my own sport. "
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Women
My Own
Important
" 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. "
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Team
Women
Decision
" 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. "
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Crazy
Job
Woman
" I'm not at the point of accepting it yet - but I will have to come to the point of accepting that people will doubt me forever. "
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Will
Point
People
" Cycling is a business. "
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" I need to go out on a ride feeling full and feeling ready. "
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Out
Ready
Ride
" I'm 100 per cent motivated. I haven't done enough yet in cycling to be satisfied. "
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Enough
Cycling
Satisfied
" The problem, as a female athlete, is that you don't want to come across as negative and moaning. "
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Athlete
Problem
" A world championship medal on the road is something that I'm missing from my CV. "
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Championship
Road
World
" I'm quite un-traditional. "
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Quite
" There's been a lot of champions before me, and I'm sure there will be ahead of me. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Before
Champions
Me
" There is no pathway for female GB road cyclists, but at the same time, if you are wanting to be the best in the world, you have to forge your own pathway. It's not that things should be there on a plate for you. You have to work really hard, and that's what I've done, and I didn't let it stop me. "
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Time
Work
World
" It's very special that the Olympics is in London. As a first Olympic experience, it's going to be pretty incredible. "
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Special
Pretty
London
" When I have a family, I will be retired. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Will
Retired
Family
" I think about Rio every day. Every day in training, it's something that drives me forward. I want to be Olympic champion. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Training
Want
Think
" I have got lots of silver medals, from Delhi in 2010 and London in 2012, so it would be nice to pick up some golds, and the Commonwealth Games is a great place to start. "
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Got
Great
Nice
" 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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Me
Work
Scared
" Most women's races don't pay much at all. "
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Pay
Much
Women
" In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me. "
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Famous
Important
Person
" There are a lot of people I look up to and respect, but there's nobody really specific I would call a hero. "
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Hero
Respect
Up
" I need to be fit and strong, and I don't want to carry any excess fat. "
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Fat
Want
Excess
" When I have children, it will be my choice, and I won't feel under any pressure. "
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Children
Choice
Will
" I have a strong, inspiring, and professional group of women around me with Boels-Dolmans. We race and train incredibly hard as a team. "
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Me
Women
Team
" I'm old-fashioned. "
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Old-Fashioned