I feel more ready for the third week than I have been in previous... by Chris Froome

I feel more ready for the third week than I have been in previous editions.

Chris Froome

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I love cycling. I am going to keep racing as hard as I can until this body doesn't allow me to any more.

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At the end of the day I'm not racing for recognition, I'm not racing for popularity, that's not who I am. I'm focused on the result and trying to get the best out of myself from a sporting capacity. That's what really motivates me.

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In sport you always think the strongest guy should be going for it and getting the best results. The thing is, cycling also has a very important team aspect, which I don't think that a lot of people fully grasp.

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I do want to be a spokesman for clean cycling - I believe somebody has to stand up for the current generation. I'm happy to do that.

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Unfortunately this is the legacy that has been handed to us by the people before us, people who have won the Tour only to disappoint fans a few years later, if this is part of the process we have to go through to get the sport to the better place, obviously I'm here, I'm doing it.

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Kenya, being a third world country, from a young age your eyes are open to the real world. I'd like to think growing up there taught me to stand on my own two feet, make my own decisions about what I wanted to be.

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I've got a little boy coming and I can't wait. It's going to be the biggest thing that has happened to me in my life so far. Bigger than any Tour de France win.

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I know Im British. I havent spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if I wasnt British, what would I be? I am British.

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At this point in my career I feel that the Tour takes priority. There may come a time at some point down the line where other races may take preference, but for 2015, it's the Tour.

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Everyone's got their own gameplan. Other people are probably also thinking about these next hard days coming up, no one really showed all their cards today. Everyone I think played it a little conservatively maybe thinking about the next two days to come, which are going to be hard as well.

We couldn't have asked for much more, really. It was pretty stead... by Chris Froome

We couldn't have asked for much more, really. It was pretty steady.

We're still here to try and win the race, whatever way that is. I think it's fantastic for us to have those options. Obviously Geraint is in the perfect place now, we should see him going in to yellow over the next couple of days, but I'm still very much in the game. I think it's great for us to have those options to be able to play when it comes down to it, especially looking at rivals that have two or three options within their teams. A team like Movistar, for example, has two or three leaders.

Last year he made up a lot of time in the final week, and I expect he’s gonna to be one of the main guys putting us under pressure these next few days, i wouldn’t look at him in the same light as Nairo Quintana. He’s quietly doing his thing. I wouldn’t expect him to attack in the big mountain stages.

I've got breathing space in the GC (general classification) but Paris is still far, quintana says he will attack. I'm waiting.

Valverde seems to be going extremely well. by Chris Froome

Valverde seems to be going extremely well.

For the last few years now there have been rumors about motors be... by Chris Froome

For the last few years now there have been rumors about motors being concealed within the bikes.

I think that the beautiful thing about the Tour de France is that it's not specifically about one stage, I think it's going to take a complete cyclist, but the stage that certainly stands out for me is the stage to Mont Ventoux, i know how difficult this climb is and how much time can be won or lost on that climb.

I will always respect it, never dishonor it and always be proud t... by Chris Froome

I will always respect it, never dishonor it and always be proud to wear it.

Every little second will help, i thought I might as well give a little nudge for the line, see if I could take another second or two.

I saw this guy just peering around and I thought,' That looks a bit strange,' as I got there he just sort of launched this cup toward me and said( in French)' Doper !'.