Rough Ride Quotes

“The amazing thing about being a bike rider is that you always know from the first turn of the pedals what sort of a day you are going to have.”
― Paul Kimmage, A Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling

“To see him dirty, suffering and with that needle between his teeth turned my stomach. I wanted to get off and just leave the bike there and then. I abandoned the race and rode straight to the showers. I was disgusted. Not at Dede, he didn’t know any better. He was simply playing by their rules, another innocent victim. No, I blamed the system. The race organisers, the directeurs sportifs, the sponsors – the men in power who knew what was going on but turned a blind eye to it. And when his career ended, the system would spit him out – a penniless ex-pro.”
― Paul Kimmage, A Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling