"I have very high ambitions." "We can do well if everything works down to the smallest detail." "That's why I have to be very focused." "How best to prepare the riders?" "Tour de France is so important for us   and ... if we do it right, we'll make a difference." "I really envy them." "I miss the kick, and the feeling you get when your legs hurt." "But I also miss the feeling of being better than the rest." "Having your legs in good shape   and being able to make it hurt for the others." "I really miss that a lot." "Fine." "Ride up behind the motorcycle." "Catch it." "Great." "Very good, Ivan." "After the motorcycle." "Catch it." "The last kilometer." "Come on!" "Lance Armstrong." "Hunting his 6th victory." "Beautiful." "Come on, come on!" "That's a damn good time." "Many times you're like this when you're feeling tense." "It's not easy." "I always spent a lot of time on my bike and my equipment." "So much, sometimes, that it broke down." "I was always trying to get as much as possible out of the components." "Then you screw a screw too tight." "Or a screw breaks   or a thread is wrecked." "If you don't screw a screw too tight ten times   you'll never know how far you can screw." "You're trying to make me say things that aren't very good." " I'm not making you say ..." " No, it's not that ..." "You shouldn't be sorry about ..." "No, I'm not that good at talking about myself." "I can see that this team sounds a little strange." "That's okay, too." "It's apparently just my life's work." "That's about it." "Because that's how it is." "That doesn't necessarily make it less exciting." "For myself, either." "This has been   a kind of a hurdle and has been for quite some time." "To get to the point where I'd allow myself do this." "I can't let myself wonder or worry about   whether others approve of what I'm doing." "The greatest defeat is when others think you're doing things wrong." "I just should have sprinted myself." "He wasn't faster than me." "I don't understand why he didn't take charge." "I cycled my ass off." "I just should have ridden, myself." "Kim said I should stay on his tail." " Stay on his tail?" " Then that prick came along." "You should have been much more cool." " But then I ..." " Already before." " He got to ride, too." " You were supposed to." "I did, when he went cold." "But he kept going, anyway." "But he was right on O'Grady's ass." "I'll have to break away again." " Not tomorrow." " No, Jens will do that." " I'm disappointed, Jakob." " I don't care." " Why are you disappointed?" " I'm just kidding." "It was a joke." "Do I have any reason to be disappointed ...?" "No." "The yellow T-shirt is within reach." "Tomorrow you're riding from the start, Piil   as usual." "If he uses all that energy the first week ..." "If you hadn't lost 9 minutes and were in a breakaway every day ..." "Those breakaways have put me in shape." "I'm impressed." "He's a star." "He'll win Tour de France." "Maybe not this year, but one day." "Don't tell him that." " Excellent." " It's deep enough." "Dammit." "I couldn't come under." " I'm training ..." " No, no no ..." "Oh, that." "It's good." "It's coming." "It's before Tour de France, you know." "Well ..." "Yes." "You are my friend." "Hey, Piil?" "There'll be no Tour de France for me." "I have to warm the milk bottles   when the baby comes." "No." "I'm going to have twenty ..." "No, ten." "With me, eleven." "That's enough for a football team." " How's it going?" " It's going." "My throat's not so bad, but in general ..." " It went reasonably." " Yes." " No wind?" " We pulled through well." "Everyone was in front." "It was well ridden." "We can't do anything with that wind." "We can't come from behind." "Jesus Christ, Ivan." "Up in front!" "Did you see the graphics?" " They have this comic book." " I didn't see it." "There's this long field." "A big knife comes down with CSC on it   and sticks right through the field." "We're not working for US Postal." "They've shown me this." "I understand nothing." "Here." "I'm taking it off." "It's not helping." "Our doctor says you have to wear it for at least 5 days." "I don't need it." "I'm not worried here, because, when I go out of the room " " I feel certain I won't be stabbed in the back." "On other teams, there'd be that chance." "That's a crucial difference." " You understand?" " I understand everything." "I understand him." "When the British talk, I understand nothing." "A language is something you sing." "One has to be able to understand when it's sung." " The intonation in the language ..." " Yes, exactly." "I didn't say one shouldn't understand." "After 3 years with us you'll be speaking all languages." "He's clever, isn't he?" "You know what this is about, right?" "Ow, dammit." "He had the microphone here:" ""l feel good."" "We went to Hincapie and said:" ""Lance, what do you think of the Tour?"" "Then Hincapie said: "Hey, Piil, come on." "Don't you know who I am?"" "We asked again: "Okay, Lance ..."" "With the microphone here ..." "like this." "He didn't say anything." "Shall we bet Jens is breaking away?" "I don't think he is." "I'm in the first line." "I'm going to get going." "Yes ..." "Hi." "I know he needs help." "Of course he does, but how much can I help him?" "I know I have to leave him alone." "I can't push him too hard." "It's a difficult balancing act to do the right thing for him   and it's very hard to do the right thing for him just now   because he's very frustrated." "That's easy enough to understand." "It's frustrating for us, too   because he's an important man." "I go 360." "You know ..." "I know." "I tell you." "Hey, Bjarne." "I have ten kilos less than Ivan." "Ivan is 450." "I'm training." "Not racing." "And you also." "I'm not like this, Bjarne." "The computer needs to understand me." "I don't need to understand it." "It's more intelligent than me." "Yeah, yeah, for sure ..." "not maybe." "I won't force him." "Not at all." "I'll have to push him if nothing happens in a month's time." "He has to make some decisions in his life." "He has to." "I can't do it for him." " There's not much time." " Not to do everything." "It's difficult ..." " We're doing a lot." " It's necessary to work well." "If it works ..." "The most important is the time from Dauphiné Libéré to Tour de France." "Those are twenty very important days." "Polish everything up and achieve the maximum." "I feel pain." "This part and in the gluteus." "I don't feel good." "I have pain." "I'm here because I have pain." "He's feeling a bit strange right now." "I don't know how great his need is." "He must assess what he's capable of." "He can't change what's happened." "The problem is, there are too many people around him on the home front   who don't understand that life goes on." "It's a great strain on him." "He has to take them all into consideration   and you can't do that as a professional bike rider." "You just can't." "Very good!" "Nice work." "Nice work, Jakob." "My life's greatest wish   was to ride together to the finish line in the mountains   and sprint for the win." "We had the chance in Vuelta de España 2001." "But in the interest of the team ..." "We were together in the breakaway." "But my team ordered me to wait for Joseba Beloki." "We could have shared that dream." "It wasn't mine, alone." "José is someone with whom I've shared a lot." "He's been like my big brother for the last eight years." "I've spent more time with him than with my own brothers." "He was someone I admired because of his perseverance." "There are people without much experience   and with very little personality   but who have a lot of money." "It's very attractive for these kinds of wolves   and people who don't think like us." "We see the world in a different way." "We're stubborn because it's a hard sport." "But we're not built for a world that is organized differently." "When these people come into your world   it's easy for them to destroy your life." "The first time I heard of his problem was a day earlier, in the media." "At one point I was afraid it was over." "But luckily ..." "For me, he's one of the world's absolute best bicycle riders." "He's much better than people think ..." "Much better." "It requires more of you than just enjoying your sport." "It's important for me   that there's a very good relationship   between Carlos and you." "Very important." "Because if you show that you're getting along well together   everyone's happy." "It's important for everyone." " Otherwise there'll be two teams." " I don't want that to happen." "The two of them mean a lot to me personally   but also for the team." "They're my two stars." "I have to feel my way." "It's hard to have two, who in theory are competing against each other   become the best of friends." "My greatest wish   is for them to be able to see each other's resources   and take advantage of them and make each of them better." "I will press them to give absolutely all they can." "You can often do much more than you think." "But the last thing I want to do is push them too far." "Danish CSC have now parked their bicycles   and French journalists are wondering how they succeeded." "That's a direct accusation against me." "Yes." "It's serious." "They should come to the training camp and see how we work   in December, January and February." "An Italian trainer has been named." "He has previously been under suspicion." "A French journalist says he's a trainer for CSC." "That is correct." "One more question." "Is his name "Cecchini"?" "He's a very close friend." "A friend for life." "We develop many things together." "He trains some of my riders." "There's very strict control." "I can't tell you if there still are many who cheat." "I won't reveal names." "I simply can't." "My name would be ruined." "That's why we have such strict rules." "That's important." "I've spoken with a guy from Tour de France." "He says that tomorrow   the whole story about Di Luca will be out." "3 more names will be made public tomorrow. including yours." " Mine?" " Yes." "Speak with Assano." "My case is finished and awaiting judgement." "I explained to him that it was a medicine for headaches." "Nothing more." "That's all it is." "I said that if there were other things, you knew the consequences." "I'm sorry   that my name has been involved again." "It's not fair for the Tour, the team, or for me." "Unfortunately, in this sport   if someone rides fast, it's because   they're probably doing this and that." "What should we do about it?" "The American, Lance Armstrong!" "Right now I ought to be thinking about things like contracts   and sponsors, et cetera." "But I can't handle it right now." "It's a shame, because we're in a situation with the sponsors   where I'm not completely free." "I can't do what I'd like to do." "Where's the balance?" "How much do I have to sacrifice, myself?" "It's the fourth year, now." "I can't keep making so many sacrifices and not get anything out of it." "That doesn't put food on the table." "Up to the front, Ivan." "Now." "I haven't been in the best shape, physically." "I've had headaches." "I don't know exactly what it is." "It can be stress." "It can be so many things." "I've been having headaches ..." "No cars can get through here." "This is no good!" "They can't be so close behind." "Does he want to change bikes?" "Try adjusting it." " It's sitting like this." " Push him." "Andrea, do you want to change bikes, or what?" "Come on, Andrea!" "No bottle." "Why the hell did he go down there first?" "The first day is just as intense for me as for the riders." " You'll have to look, yourself." " Yeah, yeah." "That was completely wrong." "It would be a good idea to test the bike first." "This has a lot to do with stress." "I know how fast everything can fall apart." "A big accident for CSC." "New problems." "Do you want to change bikes?" "How are we going to be able to win?" "This is Tour de France." "You don't have a chance if you don't use your head." "Jesus." "I can't understand how he dares." "My god, what a sprint!" "Look at this ..." "No!" "It was Kurt." "Fuck!" "Why didn't you come before?" " I was down with Sabine." " Haven't you taken others, Ole?" " No." "He's just arrived." " Now an hour's gone by." "There are some others who must be looked at." " It's very hard to tell ..." " Then find another one, Ole." "Half an hour ago they said he'd come in 2 minutes." "Then you'd better find him." "He was three seconds behind." "We've just lost a minute." "If you're not together with the group, you get the real time to Armstrong." "So he loses 45 seconds." " A bit more." " That can't be true." " It's in the rules." " He's furious." "We'll have to protest." "If we made a complaint, what would it be based on?" "That it's hopeless to make the last 100 meters on cobblestones." " So they should makes exceptions?" " Yes, I think so." "They're the ones who decided to put the finish line there." "Ole, it doesn't matter whether he's four minutes behind, or forty." "Do you want a cup of coffee ...?" "Okay." " You don't want one either, Ole?" " No." " Excuse me ..." " Ole?" "Ow, that hurts." " Ow!" " It's your bile." "That helped a lot." "To be quite honest   there have been   some situations that have been hard for me to tackle." "I've known you for several years." "I think   sometimes it takes so little   to make one feel   that it's good one is here." "Try smiling." "But you know me, Ole." "I've never seen you like this, Bjarne." "I don't know what it is." "I'm just focused." "I'm here to ..." "I think many of us take it as though there's something's wrong." " That we're doing something wrong." " No." " I'm glad to hear it." " There isn't." "It means a lot to me to know that what I do is good enough." "Otherwise you wouldn't be here." "That's why you're here." " You know that, too." " Even though you're stressed ..." "Just a little ..." " Do you have so much on your mind?" " It's filled up." "Then you have to let people know you need help." "That is ..." "I know you're used to fighting alone." "But if things are too much ..." "A little sign." "Then we can help you." "We can't do your work, but at least we feel we're part of something." "You talk about teamwork, right?" " You need help, too." " Yeah, yeah." "And support." "I'm saying this as a friend." "I'm afraid people feel rejected when you close yourself off like this." "That isn't what you want, of course." " They're ready tomorrow." " They have to be." " We have to win." " There's the first one." "I've re-named him." "He's not "the little bird"." "Now he's "the little eagle"." "Eighteen days." "No, not at the moment." "She's okay now." "She's helping my wife." "When I spoke with her on the phone, she asked:" ""When are you coming, Poppa?"" "Are you nervous?" ""Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."" "Can you say "Ole Kaare Føli"?" " "You are nice and beautiful."" " Am I nice and beautiful?" "Yeah, I know." "Like a boxer." "It's not easy." "C'est la vie." "You know, "C'est la vie"?" "No. "That's life."" "It's French, Ole." "Tour de France isn't the best time to close myself off." "That's fine." "But if I need to sometimes, I should be allowed to." "I just need to be helped out of it again." "I can tell from my eyes that I'm tired." "It's an incredibly hard sport." "Perhaps the hardest you can get into." "Maybe there are many who have learned how to fight   before they became professional bicycle riders." "I have." "Some people can't live up to their expectations and those of others." "They create incalculable burdens for themselves." "There are those who are mentally unable to get a grasp on their lives." "They don't get help at the right time." "They're not good at asking for it." "They can't pull themselves together when it's necessary." "They become losers." "And then sometimes tragic things happen." "It's a damn hard sport." "It requires willpower." "Everything can change in a split second." "This can't happen." "I think Carlos called." " I think Carlos called you." " We can't, right now." "Bobby had been looking forward to the Tour   and was on his way to a good result   for both himself and the team." "Suddenly it's all lying on the asphalt." "I can't ride anymore." " Must you ride with that on tomorrow?" " I don't want to." " Tomorrow you shouldn't." " It's better if it gets air." "It'll create too much wind resistance." "It has a hell of an effect on you." "Falling down, time after time." "Anyone else would have given up long ago." "It hurts here." "I have pain here." "I have pains in my stomach." "It's not going to be easy today." "I'm completely wrecked." "I can't pedal anymore!" "Good, Jakob!" "There's only one thing to do ..." "You have to." " What?" " You have to." "If you can't ride, you can't ride." "That's all there is to it." "Are you going home?" "Good luck." "Give 'em hell." " I'll try." " Don't ride too much." "Hello." "Ivan broke down on the first rest day." "He was told his mother was seriously ill with cancer." "I tried to console him a bit." "We drove back to the hotel." "We agreed to assemble all the riders." "Ivan explained the situation." "He intended to continue." "It was very important that they trust each other." "They had to be loyal to him." "It's important that they supported him." "You know what, Bjarne?" "I've spoken to my mother." "If this is fate, what do I do now?" "It's hard not to see my daughter and wife for a month." "I prefer to see my daughter and my mother when I come home." "They say they'll give her chemotherapy so she's not in pain." "But she's getting closer to death every day." "Lance isn't dumb." "He's really cunning." "That's why he's won the Tour six times." "He's a really good rider." "Really excellent." "But he also uses his head." "Tactically, he's really clever." "Part of it is also a question of psychology." "I spoke with him yesterday." "We had a talk   and at the end he said:" ""If you stick with me Friday and Saturday, you'll end near the top."" "Why?" "He said he was going to win the Tour on Friday and Saturday." "He's convinced he'll leave everyone behind." " He's going to win both stages ..." " I know that." "It was important for me to be present." "I let him know that, whatever happens, we're backing him up." "I always write some information about the stage   on my handlebars." "I usually also write down other things." "That day I wanted to win." "I wanted to create something meaningful   for the people who care about me." "There was my family situation in particular." "Try to do something for her." "That was the day she was supposed to begin the chemotherapy." "The 3 names are my mother's, my wife's and my daughter's." "This way they're close to me." "Ivan's next to Armstrong, who's attacking." "What a race." "The first time I attacked, it was to split the field   and to see who could keep such a fast pace up the mountain." "Armstrong has fallen back." "Ivan's broken away with Mancebo." "There have been many important moments." "But the important thing here was that I had it all in my head." "I wasn't very afraid   because I knew that Bjarne would help me." "At one point I saw a TV where there were three men in front." "My two boys, Ivan and Carlos, with Lance in the middle." "It was a great feeling." "Really great." "I was very proud." "Stay on his wheel." "Stay on his wheel, Ivan." "Ride, Ivan, ride." "Good!" "Come on, Ivan!" "Come on, Ivan." "Let's go, Basso." "Show us what you can do." "Armstrong and Basso ..." "I think it was the greatest moment of my career." "Good, good, good!" "That was amazing." "He didn't even look tired." "May I borrow your telephone?" "Call my wife and tell her Ivan won." "Ivan won." "Armstrong came in second." "Hello, Mom." "It's me." "Are you alone?" "Perfect ..." "Perfect." "Good, good ..." " Hi." "Thank you." " That was beautiful." " Congratulations." " And to you, too." "I'm happy for Ivan." "Very happy." "Because he tried a lot." "I saw him ..." "I asked him because I saw he was really good." "He was in the right position." "So I tried." "The others, like Tyler Hamilton, were finished." " What do you say, Bjarne?" " Fantastic." " That was lucky." " Now you don't need rubber bands." " Are you happy, Ivan?" " Yes." "We've got a chance if we keep on like this." "It went great, of course." "But it sure as hell wasn't easy." "I could see that right away." "Well, but ..." " You were tenacious." " Yes, I'm satisfied." "We handled things well." "I've spoken with one of Armstrong's friends." "He gave me a number." " What did Lance say?" " He was glad you were there." "Because   everyone knows it was an important day for you." " Everyone knows that." " Yes, yes." " He's letting Armstrong win." " He can't do that." "He won yesterday, you know." "We have to be careful not to accept Lance's terms." "If we're going to beat Lance, it has to be on our own terms." "If he can imprint in Ivan's mind how he should ride   we won't beat him." "He's had it a little too easy." "Fifteen and a half kilometers long." "This is how it looks." "I don't think about anything." "I ride as I've been doing the past 5 days." "It's total chaos." "People running in front of the riders, hitting cars." "There are no barricades." "He promised to divide it up in two kilometers." "Go, Carlos!" "Go, go, go!" "Shout to the motorcycle." "You'll catch him in ten minutes." "Motorcycle!" "I was afraid someone would step out in front of me." "What a bunch of idiots!" "This is unbelievable!" "Motorcycle!" "Armstrong's right there." "Ride through, Ivan, ride!" "Armstrong's on his way, Ivan." "Remember your breathing." "Go, Ivan." "It's not over yet!" "It's not over yet." "Ride!" "I feel like jumping onto Ivan's bike and pedaling like hell." "Give him a push." "Do whatever I can." "At the same time, I'm really impressed." "It looks really great when he comes whizzing by." "Anything can happen." "It takes so little to change the whole situation." "I don't think he expected to catch Ivan." "He'd expected Ivan to give him a run for his money." "So did I." "And that's what Ivan does, when he's giving it all he's got." "I think he was a little surprised to see us so soon." "Maybe he was relieved to see Ivan go down   because he knew he was dangerous." "Ivan was the one he had to watch out for." "Come on, Ivan." "Stay there!" "Stay behind him!" "Don't be afraid!" "Ride, now." "Ride, ride, ride!" "I thought I could win the Tour   until the night before." "It doesn't matter, Ivan." "It's all right." "I don't feel well." "Things can only get better." "Do you know what times Jens, Peter and Bobby had?" "In relation to Basso, so we can compare." "What was Carlos' time?" "We were lacking what was there the other days." "It wasn't a great day." "No." "I expected to ride better." "But I wasn't that bad." "It didn't go too well." "Hi." "Come over here." "You were noisy last Saturday." "Listen:" "Daddy's leg hurts." "Can't you stroke my leg?" "No, mine." "Can you stroke Daddy's leg?" "Stroke it." "It hurts a lot." "Show what Daddy does when he wins." "If it's ever going to happen ..." "it'll take years." "I'm in good physical shape." "I can feel the motor, but the rest ..." "Don't think about it now." "I feel bad." "Not so much for myself, but for the rest of you." "For myself ..." "Michele ..." "I know you haven't achieved what you set out to do." "Life's not over when your career's over." "That's when life begins." ""What should I do after my career's finished?"" "I'd like you all to think it over a bit." "It's not enough that I'm the only one who knows this philosophy." "When you're with some people more than those you really care about   it's a huge privation." "It's not reasonable, somehow." "How long can you take it?" "You can only take it so long as what you're doing is fun   and it draws a response." "Something has to make it worth it." "Otherwise it's completely impossible." "You start thinking negatively." "It puts you somewhere else then where you should be." "Alessandra has given me invaluable support." "I've always felt she's been very close to me throughout my career." "She's never let me down." "Not even for a week." "She has always given me moral support." "She didn't pay as much attention to me when my daughter was born." "Of course." "There's never been a victory that has made me as happy   as when my daughter was born." "There's no comparison." "Naturally, all my victories   bring out many feelings in me." "But it can't be compared with my family at all." "I haven't spoken much with you yet." "But I want you to know the team means a lot to me." "Of course it's not the same for you." "Because it's your team." "So it means a lot to me." "But once in a while you have to ..." " Don't talk so much." " I don't know you so well." "You have a strong character." "It's not so easy to sit and talk about." "You can tell me everything." "With no exceptions." "I know you'd like to go home." "You just have to say it." " You can trust me." " I trust you." "I always knew I was able to win." "In a different way." "Some thought it was beautiful." "Others have criticized it." "I've always tried to do something different." "Win in a different way." "Maybe I've also lost some races in this way." "At the moment I prefer   to live my life without thinking to much about   how things could have been." "It's all right to live and take one day at a time." "But of course the good thoughts blend in with the bad." "The good moments are what's left." "The victories   togetherness ..." "I was hoping for a good result." "Of course." "But there'll be other races." " Don't say that." " But, still ..." "It'll be all right." "During the race I didn't feel anything." "But when they started riding hard   I lacked that extra something." "It also had to do with being nervous." "Getting results." "You shouldn't think so much about it." " Bye, we'll talk later." " Okay." "Bye." "The fate of the team depends a lot on me." "Of course it does." "So you think:" "Is it dangerous that they're extras in my little show?" "That's also something to think about." "I going to get drunk tonight." "My wallet ..." "Where the hell did I leave it?" "There are many things I have learn to do better." "I have to be better at giving compliments." "It's something   I want to have more energy to do." "This is something you have to train yourself to do." "Train yourself to be a better man and a better father." "But you need the time and have to make priorities." "I don't think I've been good enough at this." "But ... it's something I have to work on." "What we have now can't be taken from us." "We should just be proud." "What does Daddy do when he wins?" " That asshole!" " Was it nice?" "Yes." "One day it'll be me standing on that top step." "It was good   but in our own way, right?" "No ... 65." " It's 64." "And you?" " 62." "You liar." "How tall are you then?" "I'm the tallest." " How tall?" "I'm 179 centimeters." " I don't believe it." " That's right." " Come here." "Let's measure." "How tall are you?" "Without shoes." "See?" "It's right." "Come here and look." "Look at my l.D. card." "Look ..." "Look." "That can't be you." "It must be your brother." "Isn't the mike on?" " I'm not really sure." " Then it's your turn." "I simply couldn't understand what was happening." "You're too easy."