You get nit-picked in the media. Stats are always up saying he doesn't drive it straight enough or hit enough greens or whatever it is. Then you have to perform, because if you don't perform, then you're off the Tour.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out.
I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record.
Sooner or later a rider will emerge who will win more Tours. In every sport we have seen how the records eventually get broken and cycling is no exception.
I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing.
When we are on tour we also take chances.
If you do have a team where every rider has a huge list of results, that means everybody wants to do the race for themselves. The strongest team in the Tour is not the strongest team on paper.
I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
If you don't tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us.
I know it is possible to win the Tour without taking anything.