Johan Bruyneel Tour Quotations

He has another Tour in his legs yet

He got back on the bike to train three weeks after the end of the Tour de France,

I walked away a bit angry, but at the same time, and I have to thank the Tour for this; we're more driven than ever before. One of the things Lance passed on to me was to find motivation out of unpleasant things. I walked away thinking about how we are going to try to win the Tour next year.

George is a total professional and I expect him to be in top form for his next objective, the Tour de France.

He began training again three weeks after the Tour de France ended. It is clear he is hungry for cycling. ... He could feel a need to prove to the world he is the strongest and that it isn't due to any banned substance.

Everyone has to judge for themselves, ... Lance realizes where he is now is because of the Tour de France and what the race has given him. I think he's also given a lot back and that the Tour wouldn't be where it is today without a big U.S. champion. It's sad that certain people cannot recognize that.

I'm a little surprised that Lance was ignored like this. He won this race seven times in a row, no one has done this before. The Tour helped him become what he is now.

The way he won this year... everything pretty much under control and he never showed any weakness. He has another Tour in his legs yet.

Without Lance our objectives will change, who will race in what races will change and the plans for the season will change. But we still have a very strong team without him. If you look at our 2005 season and take out what Lance accomplished, basically his Tour victory, this team had an amazing season. It was a season that any team would sign up for before it started.

This year, things were planned a little different. The Tour route is different, with the mountains coming so late, so we are trying to have everyone reach top shape right at the start of the Tour, maybe even a bit later,

I'm sure he could win (another Tour). The way he won this year... everything pretty much under control and he never showed any weakness. He has another Tour in his legs yet.

I'm sure he could win (another Tour), ... The way he won this year... everything pretty much under control and he never showed any weakness. He has another Tour in his legs yet.

He will try to do the best he can and try to finish as high as possible. The last week of a grand tour is always the hardest and that's the experience that he's really lacking. After two weeks of what we've seen, it's been very positive.

We were up there in the Classics and the Tour of Spain as well.

I'm conscious Lance won seven Tour de France titles and owes a lot to the race. But at the same time, the Tour de France became more important with an American who won seven Tours.