Early Nineties - that was what it was all about: how people dressed on the terraces.

I went to see Ocean Colour Scene at Shepherds Bush and and felt part of something. They paved the way for me.

I was a bit of a loner at school because I was into what I was into, that sort of scene; that is where the whole mod thing started, when I was 14-15.

It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.

Sir Wiggo sounds nice.

Everything I achieve affects my family as well, and suddenly, my kids' dad became the most famous man in the country for a couple of weeks.

Things change; your priorities change in life. So I'd never think of riding 100 miles on Christmas Day now, because I've got two kids, and it's selfish.

I just felt that if the team is doing seven hours, I'd want to do eight. I'd always need to do more. I knew that would make me better than everybody else.

I always found that the more extreme and the more eccentric I was, that's what would separate me. I always felt that I needed that separation; otherwise, I'd just be like everybody else.

If I can win the Tour de France, there is hope for everybody.

Not having my father around has made me a better person.

I take my kids to school. It's what keeps you normal.

If I'm going to Kilburn, I get on a bus.

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I may never get back to the track. The problem was that I was dominating my event, and the winning became slightly boring. I wanted new challenges, and I've got that on the road.

I don't make predictions. I know what I can do, and I try not to think too far ahead.

It's difficult, and it's an incredibly fine balance between getting your weight right down and being anorexic.

I think my wife has struggled a bit because of how obsessive I get with what I eat and stuff.

I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.

One of my all-time favourite guitarists is, in fact, a bassist - John Entwistle from The Who. He's one of my all-time favourites, the way he kind of expanded. I mean, he could have been a lead guitarist and been one of the best guitarists in the world. He wasn't even bass player; he was a bass guitarist, and he took the bass to another level.

I've got a EC3-35 Gibson, which is pretty cherished. I've got a vintage Reichenbacker 330 in fireglow, which is the other one I look after and don't let the kids touch.

I've always shied away from computers, the Internet and all that. I'm a bit more traditional, really - pick up a newspaper, pick up a phone.

I'm not really a computer man, to be honest. I check my emails every couple of weeks.

You know what? I've won the Tour de France, and now I feel ready to talk about it.