David Millar
David Millar
David Millaris a Scottish former professional road racing cyclist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth4 January 1977
sports mean might
I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.
team simple cycling
To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great.
fall sky drunk
The sky was falling down on me and I spent most of the time drunk. It was the only way I could handle it.
fighting romantic-love winning
It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.
sports athlete cheater
There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.
car four firsts
The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.
race fronts ifs
If you're not at the front, you're not in the race.
done firsts clean
I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.
lying hate cells
My epiphany came in that police cell: I realized I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd come to hate cycling because I blamed it for the lie I was living.
nice opportunity people
I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British and it's a nice way of staying in touch. I'm going to defend it fiercely. I want to keep it.
cyclists eating restaurants
In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.
thinking cycling dapper
I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.
victory battle sometimes
The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.
cycling class technique
Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have.