On A Friendship With Former

Nobody Needs To Cry For Me. I'm Going To Be Great.

It Gave Me A Chance To Re-evaluate My Life And My Career. Cancer Certainly Gives Things A New Perspective. I Would Not Have Won The Tour De France If I Had Not Had Cancer. It Gave Me New Strength And Focus.

I Have Never Had A Single Positive Doping Test, And I Do Not Take Performance-enhancing Drugs.

But, Listen, Eddie Merkyx Would Have Won Six Tours If He Hadn't Been Punched.

If There Is A Defining Characteristic Of A Man As Opposed To A Boy, Maybe It's Patience.