"...I'm glad to be the first woman to finish this grueling race..."

"After today's parade, I'm going to be on vacation..."

"The news I heard last night...it was like, "Well, what does he expect? He didn't drink enough...."

"...I completely underestimated this race and it is really hard."

"...With a bunch of technical problems...me getting lost...I ended up on an IV drip...."

"I mean, I thought this was a mountain bike race and here we're driving ourselves for 100 kilometers on asphalt...."

"It's better to be a little drunk when you are doing this race...."

"Everybody's spirits have been pretty high...the food sucks...the organization is a joke..."

We rode about eight hours on the bus in 85°...pretty much baking us...most people wanted to make today one of the stages..."

Wolfgang Fasching...is done. He's been pissing blood for the last two days. So he's heading back..."

"You can't slack off if you want to finish in the top cut, you are right on it, right off the bat. There's no screwing around..."

"...the organizer ran over a three-thousand dollar bike today and the guy ended up riding the loaner bike..."

"You know, one thing I've noticed about this race is that you've got to be perfect everyday..."

"I think they all took off incredibly quick and I stuck it out for about 40k, then they spit me out the back..."

"...I thought, "you know, it would be nice to watch the first heat go off and kinda figure out what's going on..."

"...It's definitely the high-end European show. We're looking forward to some good competition..."

"...Your concentration is on the back of the rider who is in front; or your next goal, a tree in the distance. It is mostly the constant pain screaming from your body you think of..."