When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race.
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I raced in London in the 2012 Olympics, and it was incredible to be a part of, with half a million people watching and then later seeing kids going back to cycle.
I know I'll never feel that sensation of racing and winning again and that took a while to get used to. The Tour was a race I never thought I could lose.
Once in a great while I miss the racing, the feeling of winning. That rush. That adrenaline.
I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.
When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next.
I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.
I have a lot of great racing memories growing up in Europe as a young boy - playing with car parts on my dad's desk, watching the races on Sunday afternoons to try and spot him on TV, even having the chance to go to Formula 1 races where he was working.
There is always the excitement of running races.
When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race.
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