David Millar
David Millar
David Millaris a Scottish former professional road racing cyclist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth4 January 1977
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.
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.
cyclists eating restaurants
In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.
sports team two
Now there are two or three teams who are very ethical in their outlook who have opened up the economic benefits and that is probably going to be a turning point in the sport.
champion proud
I've been proud to be national champion.
cheater people way
But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.
team lazy legs
I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.
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.
done accumulation good-and-bad
I'm an accumulation of every single thing I've done, good and bad.
car four firsts
The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.
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.
blamed bother came cycling epiphany hate lie lose police realised
My epiphany came in that police cell: I realised 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.