After 120 kilometers my body said, ‘ooh, ooh Jens! What were you thinking?’.

I am confident that when I get really old, the human lifespan will be extended..

Apart from the fact that I can move the bike fast, I am basically Joe Average..

If there's something left in me, it's better to go down fighting. You've got to have a bit of self-belief and confidence in yourself. I might know th….

When my legs hurt, I say: “Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!.

Shut up body and do what I tell you.

My only talent is that I have a so-called big engine. I can attack on successive days - well maybe now not so often - or ride tempo at the front of t….

Firstly, train lots. Secondly, train hard, the harder the better, no shortcuts. They will always come back to bite you when you least expect it. And ….

In the hierarchy of the family, I'm just above the dog. But I like it that way..

I lost quite a bit of skin on the left side of my body and sustained some deep cuts in my hand and around my knee, but the doctors were able to stitc….

At the Tour, you always have some fantastic days and some days where you hit the asphalt. Today was an asphalt day for me..

I gave it everything in the last 20 minutes. I knew that I still had the energy, that I was ahead of the mark. I felt euphoric — it was the last 20 m….

I get paid to hurt other people, how good is that?.

While I'm not very talented at cooking, I am very talented at eating..

Having things organized is for small-minded people. Genius controls chaos..

Cycling is not rocket science..

If it hurts me, it must hurt the other ones twice as much..

I'd like to throw Betsey Andreu and Travis Tygart in a wood-chipper. That would be my idea of a good time. Maybe I could get George to come over and ….

If you try to win, you might lose, but if you don't try to win, you lose for sure!.

Every time I race, I will race so fiercely my legs cry..

Hopefully I've shown them (fellow cyclists) you just need some self-belief and that you need to take your destiny into your own hands instead of wait….