It's really important for cycling and for women to be on a sporting stage which is in the mainstream and across the board, not just my own sport.
From Lizzie Armitstead
As a female athlete, I think it's really important to stand up on a podium and represent females and what we're capable of, and I always try to make political statements with what I do rather than with headlines.
A family is something that I definitely want, but I'm 26, so I have plenty of time, and I try not to kind of confuse the two because, if I'm lucky enough, I want to make having a baby a personal decision rather than a career-defined one.
I'm not at the point of accepting it yet - but I will have to come to the point of accepting that people will doubt me forever.
I will never cheat in any walk of life.
I feel extremely guilty that I've had to put team-mates through extra media questions.
I think about Rio every day. Every day in training, it's something that drives me forward. I want to be Olympic champion.
I am one of the best in the world, and it's a position I should get used to being in.
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