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• I'm a thinker and I wanted to make people think again about the sport. I wanted to say that sport is an ideal activity for helping young people mature in life… The gesture of raising my bike above my head was also meant as a protest against the terrorists attacks in New York. Sport has to make peace gestures like this. We've had enough of war. Cyclists shouldn't have to feel distant from events that happen away from racing. I know a lot of cyclists who feel the same way that I do, but they don't say anything because the opportunity doesn't present itself. The important thing is that people understand that sport is a healthy thing to do.
  • Said after a stage win in the Tour of Spain, in which he walked across the finishline as a tribute to the victims of 9/11.

• Today we saw the real Armstrong.
  • Said after a stage in the Tour de France. He was in a breakaway, but was caught back by Lance Armstrong, although he was no threat for Armstrong's leading position. Armstrong caught him back because Simeoni accused Dr. Ferrari, the same doctor Armstrong has, of giving him dope.