“Winning big Tours and stage races is often about pain management.” — Eddy Merckx Quote

“Winning big Tours and stage races is often about pain management.”

“It's a shame to mix sports and politics.”

“It's not like at university where you graduate. Every cyclist must start again. At the end of the season you know if you are good or not.”

“When it comes to time management, I talk a lot more about energy management. I try to give people 100% of my energy even if I'm giving them very little of my time.”

“I like to have a team environment where I can go anywhere and not threaten management.”

“You can teach all sorts of things that improve the practice of management with people who are managers. What you cannot do is teach management to somebody who is not a manager, the way you cannot teach surgery to somebody whose not a surgeon.”