We Are Much Better Than We Know.

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

Nobody Wants To Hear How I Think I've Been Mistreated, Or How I Think My Punishment Should Be Lifted, Or Tweaked, Or Reduced. Nobody Wants To Hear Me Say That, Nobody Cares What I Think About This. I Get It.

I Have Never Doped … I Have Competed As An Endurance Athlete For 25 Years With No Spike In Performance, Passed More Than 500 Drug Tests And Never Failed One.

The Tour (de France) Is Essentially A Math Problem, A 2,000-mile Race Over Three Weeks That's Sometimes Won By A Margin Of A Minute Or Less. How Do You Propel Yourself Through Space On A Bicycle, Sometimes Steeply Uphill, At A Speed Sustainable For Three Weeks? Every Second Counts.

Winning Is About Heart, Not Just Legs. It's Got To Be In The Right Place.