Hull 10K: Run For All confirms 2025 route change due to roadworks
The 2025 Jane Tomlinson Run for All event will move out of Hull city centre because of ongoing roadworks to the A63, officials have confirmed.The race, which usually takes place around the Guildhall and Old Town, will now start and finish at Hull Kingston Rovers' stadium.Ms Tomlinson raised almost £2m for charity by taking part in endurance events around the world before her death from cancer in 2007.The Hull 10K which takes place on 8 June, will be sponsored by chemicals firm Ineos, which is providing 50 free places to the local community.
Run For All has organised the Hull 10K for over a decade and thousands of runners have raised money for charities in the local area.The new route for 2025 will start and finish at Craven Park, as well as taking runners through East Park.Siobhan Curtis, marketing and communications director at Run For All, said: "The new route for 2025 comes after working closely with Hull City Council to ensure we can bring the event to the city whilst ongoing highways works in the centre meant the yearly iteration of the route was unusable."
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19 hours ago
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Not all Man Utd staff will miss Sir Dave Brailsford and his ego
Manchester United were not long back from their post-season tour of Asia, a 14,000-mile round trip that had been bolted on to the end of the club's worst campaign for more than half a century, when the news seeped out that Sir Dave Brailsford was relinquishing his day-to-day role at Old Trafford. Parachuted into United at Sir Jim Ratcliffe's behest in January last year, Brailsford now slips into the shadows 18 months later like the head of a reconnaissance unit whose job has essentially been seen as done. There are those who insist the success of that mission will only be adequately calculated in time. Brailsford may not be on United's payroll – his rumoured €6 million (£5.1 million) annual salary is covered entirely by Ineos, for whom the British cycling guru serves as director of sport – but his fingerprints are on much of the club's recent modernisation efforts. From providing oversight and expertise on the £50 million revamp of the club's Carrington training ground through to the reorientation of a high-performance culture – at least conceptually – and the controversial and, at times, chaotic restructuring of the football management hierarchy, no one can say Brailsford's flirtation with United has not been eventful. He will remain on the football club board as a director, alongside the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill, and still act in an advisory capacity on strategic performance matters when required. But he has stepped away from operations to return to his broader remit as Ratcliffe's consigliere across the Ineos Sport group, confident United are on a surer footing than when he first arrived, even if a glance at the results and performances since may suggest otherwise. Brailsford's 18 months as a kind of consultant performance tsar at United are pockmarked with all sorts of stories, out of which a picture of a distinctly polarising figure emerges. That contradiction was perhaps evidenced early on when he turned up at a meeting of the football leadership team at Carrington, not long after Ratcliffe had secured a minority stake in the club that now stands at 28.94 per cent. The weekly round table with executives from the men's and women's teams, academy, recruitment, data science and performance offered an opportunity to discuss what was happening across different departments. Brailsford made it clear he wanted to hear from each and every one of those gathered and about their ideas for the future. Yet, according to well-placed sources, he then proceeded to talk predominantly about himself and his hopes for United for the next half an hour before having to excuse himself to take a phone call. He did not return to the meeting. It was the last time some of those present heard directly from him. The perception, fairly or otherwise, of a man highly skilled in the theatre of leadership but perhaps not always consistent with the follow through was given traction in other moments, too. Brailsford's charisma and candour certainly appeared to have a charming effect on some of the staff who had assembled to hear him and Ratcliffe speak for the first time about the club's underperformance, and their role in tackling the challenges ahead. 'He made a point of saying it's not about the stick, it's about the carrot and how we want to reward your good work and all that stuff,' one of those present recalled. As a savage cost-cutting programme began to bite, though, staff started to feel the opposite was true. 'Ultimately it turned out to be b-------,' the source added. 'It was all 'we're taking this off you, we're taking that off you, you're not having this bonus and so on'.' Staff underwhelmed by 'the court of Dave' Another all-staff address last year, which had been pitched as an update on football operations, was regarded by some as little more than a repetition of the same performance-speak and business jargon in what one source dubbed 'the court of Dave', than anything of real substance. Could much the same be true for Brailsford's so-called Mission 21 and Mission 1, the oft publicised initiatives aimed at recapturing the Premier League title and delivering a first Women's Super League respectively by 2028. Insiders insist they are as much about focusing minds and strategies as setting clear targets, and Brailsford could be the first to point out how people scoffed when he first laid out his plan to make Britain the best at cycling. Others at the club have wondered why another slogan was necessary when Omar Berrada, the United chief executive, had already set out Project 150, with the aim of recapturing the title by the club's 150th anniversary. Was Mission 1 not just piggy-backing on more or less the same idea? While some seem to have struggled to look beyond the ego and capacity for self-promotion, many speak warmly about Brailsford. 'He was always very pleasant and very polite,' one said. Others argue strongly that it was inevitable he was going to rattle some cages and put some noses out of joint and that United need some disruptors. 'What was the alternative? The status quo?' one insider said. On the football side, his focus on performance metrics over commercial whims was clear, perhaps unsurprisingly given his background. For example, he was one of those who questioned United's tradition of far-flung pre-season tours and advocated staying closer to home, even if those wishes were ultimately trumped by perceived commercial necessity. Having spent a career building physical performance environments, Brailsford has had considerable involvement in the extensive repurposing of United's training ground, which is close to completion. He spent time in the United States looking at how leading sports franchises build their facilities to ensure they are tailored to a player's training programme the moment they set foot in the building. Not everything has been straightforward. Mags Mernagh, United's highly regarded director of infrastructure, who had been a central figure behind the development of Leicester City's award-winning training ground, left United of her own volition last year. Officially, Mernagh wanted to pursue a new challenge, although she is thought to have grown frustrated working under Ineos. Nonetheless, there is considerable excitement internally about United's Carrington reboot. Brailsford forged a formidable reputation as the architect of British Cycling's Olympic dominance and, later, that of the Tour de France by Team Sky. He became synonymous with the concept of marginal gains – the theory that incremental improvements across various areas can lead to substantial overall gains in performances and results. Unlike British cycling in those early Brailsford years, though, United – with their long-standing traditions, entrenched interests, enormous expectations and sceptical veterans – did not constitute a blank slate and nor was this his go-to sport. In an interview with the T2 Hubcast podcast, around the time Ratcliffe was finalising his deal with the Glazers, Brailsford, now 61, provided an honest assessment about his football experience and acumen. 'When I watch cycling, I'll be watching in colour and you'll be watching in black and white,' he said. 'But, in football, I'm watching in black and white.' Brailsford gave impression he was 'doing us a favour' It was disarmingly self-deprecating, but some inside Carrington found that humility a little harder to detect and even some of the players are said to have picked up on that. Brailsford had doubtless not intended to offend when suggesting the easier option would have been to stay in Monaco at his home on one of the most exclusive streets in the millionaire's playground on the sun-drenched French Riviera. But the inference that he was in some way 'doing us a favour', as one source put it, irked some at United and, for others, encouraged this notion of his merely 'passing through'. On that note, Brailsford's involvement with United coincided with some major developments in his personal life that easily explain the pull of home. He married Meli, who is understood to have been his lifestyle manager and has since given birth to their first child together. Their wedding was at the iconic Hotel de Paris in Monte-Carlo in February last year, where the mother and sister of the bride, Ratcliffe and Jimmy Worrall, a close friend, associate and well-known networker in sport-exec circles, figured prominently. In one picture, Brailsford is seen waving to the small crowd of well-heeled wedding guests as he drives off in a vintage white, soft-top Mercedes 280SL, with his bride beside him. Such images are far removed from those bleak winter months in the directors' box at Old Trafford, where Brailsford would sit alongside United's other pensive-looking executives as they faced up to the reality of yet another defeat. Fifteenth place in the Premier League, United's lowest position since relegation in 1974, was not what anyone at Ineos had in mind when buying into the club. For some, Brailsford's turbulent tenure at United will forever be intertwined with the debacles around Erik ten Hag and Dan Ashworth, when there was not a lot of clear thinking in evidence. The responsibility of taking United forward will now sit predominantly with Berrada and Jason Wilcox, who has been promoted to director of football as part of the reshuffle that has taken Brailsford back to his more familiar world of cycling with the Ineos Grenadiers, among other things. United fans can only hope there will be a lot less drama in the decision-making process from here on. Brailsford, of course, was a fundamental part of that botched process in which Ten Hag went from being undermined to signing a new contract, gaining an entire new staff and spending £200 million in the summer market, to collecting his P45, in the space of six excruciating months. Ten Hag's departure was followed less than six weeks later by that of Ashworth, whom United had spent five months trying to extract from Newcastle on Brailsford's recommendation as the ideal sporting director, only to sack him 159 days later. In many respects, the process to appointing Ashworth had long preceded Ratcliffe's minority investment in United. Via his associate Worrall, Brailsford had established a Zoom call in the summer 2022 for 'head coaches/team principal/GM', with invites going out to a host of glittering names across the sporting spectrum. The feeling in football was that Brailsford, by now well ensconced with the Ineos-owned Ligue 1 club Nice, was eager to learn. Ashworth was one of those Brailsford would tap into and eventually feel sufficiently impressed by to appoint at Old Trafford, although some of those interviewed would come to wonder if they were genuine contenders for the job, or rather sources to squeeze for information. The Ratcliffe-Brailsford dynamic is an interesting one. The Ineos chairman said in an interview in March that the former United chief executive Richard Arnold was a 'rugby man, he didn't even understand football'. To which some staff at the club have pondered privately how that is any different to Brailsford, a cycling nut who has himself admitted will 'never get' to the point where figuratively he is watching football 'in colour'. Others feel some of Ratcliffe's public remarks reflect what Brailsford has told him and have questioned the messages being filtered back to the co-owner on occasion. Sir Bradley Wiggins, the former British cyclist, said once that he could not describe Brailsford 'without swearing' and he certainly managed to rub some United staff up the wrong way. One former employee claimed their impression of Brailsford was that he 'didn't want to hear anything that would potentially contradict what he was already thinking'. 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Amid the suggestions of there being 'too many cooks' at United last season, the likes of Berrada and Wilcox may feel increasingly empowered now those executive layers have been thinned out, even if they remain answerable to a very hands-on Ratcliffe. Brailsford leaves behind a more rounded football executive than six months ago. In February, Christopher Vivell became director of recruitment on a full-time basis, Sam Erith's role as performance director was made permanent two months later and Michael Sansoni has been recruited from the Mercedes Formula One team to head up a new-look data team. He will be assisted by data consultant Dan Nichol. Sources maintain that Brailsford's reduced commitment to United is a natural evolution and was always part of the plan and, as such, nothing much should be read into it. As it happened, he had been less of a presence around Carrington of late after suffering a broken leg on a skiing holiday earlier this year, following which he spent time recovering at home in Monaco. In many ways, Brailsford leaves as he arrived: with opinions split, even if time will be the ultimate judge of his impact in Manchester.
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Daily Mirror
Man Utd star's emotional message after being released by Amorim – 'Once a red'
Several Manchester United academy graduates have joined veteran first teamers in being released by the Red Devils as Ruben Amorim looks to build his new era at the club Manchester United academy starlet James Nolan has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the club after parting ways with the Red Devils. It was reported early last month that three youngsters - Nolan, Jack Kingdon and Sam Murray - would be allowed to leave as free agents this summer. United published their retained list on Monday and the aforementioned players' departures were made official. Nolan spent last season on loan with Inverness Caledonian Thistle in Scottish League One, where he made 33 appearances and scored his first career goal. The 19-year-old defender will now look for a new club to begin his next chapter. Taking to Instagram, Nolan wrote: "My time at Manchester United has now come to an end. "From joining at the age of seven to now leaving at 19 it has been my second home. I just want to say a massive thank you to the coaches, players and everyone at the club for making my time unforgettable. I've made memories to last a life time. "Once a Red always a Red." Nolan is a versatile player and mainly played at full-back for Caledonian Thistle. Central defender Jack Kingdon also shared his gratitude in a similar social media post, saying: 'After nearly 5 years at this club, it is my time to move onto the next chapter in my career. 'The experiences this club has given me I will always be grateful for. The lads, staff and fans have been outstanding with me whilst I've been here. "Manchester United will always have a place in my heart, but it is time for the next chapter. Thank you, Reds." Kingdon as an academy product was instrumental in the Under-18 treble-winning team in 2023/2024. The 19-year-old, who is a Scotland youth international, was also excellent on loan with Rochdale after signing for the club in the winter window. It's understood that Kingdon was on the verge of signing for Ineos-owned FC Lausanne Sport on loan in January before he signed for Rochdale, who he helped reach the National League play-offs. Academy goalkeepers Tom Myles and Tom Wooster have also been released this summer, with the official club website's statement reading: 'The Academy is proud of all of our departing young players throughout the age groups. They will be supported in securing contracts at new clubs, provided with a bespoke aftercare programme, and will always have a lifelong association with Manchester United.' Joining them in the mass clearout after a disastrous season for the first team are established stars Christian Eriksen, Jonny Evans and Victor Lindelof. Tom Heaton is also included on the list of free transfers, however, the club remains in discussions with the goalkeeper about a new deal that would see him remain part of the squad for the 2025/26 season. It is understood that there will be a limited number of spots available in Ruben Amorim's squad next season as the Portuguese head coach looks to transform the club's fortunes with new additions.
The Guardian
4 days ago
- The Guardian
‘They named a sandwich after me': Luke Rowe on life in the peloton, cobbles and Welsh riders
If you could become a GC rider for one attempt at winning the Tour, which rider from the current peloton would you choose to be your road captain, and why? Fergus I can only comment on Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale and my previous team, Ineos. Until you work with a road captain and hear them on the radio, you don't know how good they are. On my current team it would be Stefan Bissegger, and from Ineos Ben Swift. What I value is their directness. They're both quite blunt: 'Let's not mess about, if you've got something to say, say it.' They're brave with their calls, clear and precise with instructions, not afraid to put their necks on the line. One thing a lot of people don't realise with cycling is that the radio quality is terrible. You've got to be short, sharp and direct. If there's any sitting on the fence, you're fucked. Do you think cobbles have a place in modern Grand Tours? The addition of the Montmartre sector in the final stage of this year's Tour de France has the potential to be decisive if the GC is tight. Sam Johnson No. I'm a bit old-school, I don't think it has a place. I've seen the likes of Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal and Brad Wiggins, how they prepare for a Grand Tour. They sacrifice everything, they live on top of a volcano, do everything right, to go to this Grand Tour and be in the best physical condition possible. I think there's too much risk, there's too much on the line. As an armchair fan, yeah, great excitement: cobbles and gravel. But for that individual the risk is too high – and for the race. If you lose one of those GC superstars it's got a knock-on effect. Let's say you have a cobbled stage on stage five, and you've got Pogi [Tadej Pocagar] and [Jonas] Vingegaard. You should have two weeks after that of rivalry between two great riders, two great teams. But one of them crashes on stage five. What you've gained on one day of excitement, you lose in the next two weeks. Do you think riders are too guarded around journalists now? Don't we need to keep newcomers excited and intrigued about the sport? Hannah Nicklin One hundred per cent agree. Any sport needs characters. When you look at the past, some of Cav's [Mark Cavendish's] interviews were great. There were a few less fucks given back in the day. Peter Sagan, some of the stuff he did: spraying his moustache green, mad celebrations and interviews. But the big downfall is social media. It's terrible. It's hostile. If people give a flamboyant interview and put their neck on the line, they open themselves up to get destroyed. People are so cautious and nervous. How many interviews do you hear where they say – 'It was a great race, my team are very strong, it means so much to me to win this race.' It's like, Christ, mate, give me something else. There are people on Twitter [X] who simply aren't worth listening to. They've got an opinion, cyclists see it, and it gets them down. People who write genuine hate and threats don't realise they are talking to a human being. The sport needs people to show emotion. A few years ago, I saw a couple of your Sky teammates stopped at a cafe in a mountain village (Isola village) while out on a training ride. Where is your favourite training ride cafe? Rooto It's a little cafe down on the Cote d'Azur, below Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Every time I went there, I ordered the same sandwich that wasn't on the menu. 'Can I have this, that and the other.' They ended up naming the sandwich after me. It's still on the menu: The Luke Rowe panini. Have you encountered riders, or specific race situations, where you've been particularly surprised by another rider's intelligence – or perhaps a noticeable lack thereof? Mikkel I see things daily that blow my mind. As a DS [directeur sportif] there's one basic rule of the convoy: do not pass the cars on the right-hand side. As a DS you only look in your left mirror, and if anything happens, you swing right. I see riders going up the right of the convoy and I wish I could say to them: 'Mate, I'm not being a dickhead, but go up the left. You're risking your life.' Up the right is the death zone. In pro cycling the only 'certificate' you need is your legs – but there should be a sit-down test for stuff like that. What's the conversation like in the peloton; professional pleasantries, work talk about the task at hand, or salacious gossip? David Alderton Racing used to be a lot slower and more relaxed. You'd say: 'We'll have a chat when the break goes, mate.' And you'd genuinely have a catch-up and a chinwag. Now the racing is too fast to talk. The last years of my career I talked to nobody. I just tried to keep my head down and save every bit of energy I could. I used to try and lighten the mood sometimes, and say a stupid comment as I passed someone. But 90% of the time it's work, not pleasure. Are you good mates with Geraint Thomas, or was it purely a working relationship? David Thomas I've known Geraint for 25 years. More. We grew up three, four kilometres from each other. We've done some great stuff together and what you see is what you get. He's genuinely a good friend of mine. What do Ineos need to do over the next five years to build a great team again? Paul Harnett Take a step back and reassess. The short-term answer is go out and buy the next superstar, that could be a short-term fix. They were so successful because as one GC rider's prime was coming to an end, the next one was coming through. They would invest heavily in the next one and it worked very well. If they want to be the No 1 GC team, they need to think about the No 1 GC rider in 2028, 2030. Who is he? Where is he? Is a current pro? Is he an amateur? That's what you've got to be looking at. Who is that individual? You can make a great team but if you haven't got that one individual, you're fucked. When you look back at all the other teams you've ridden against, which one makes you think: 'That's a team I could happily have ridden for, they were so good'? Mike Jarrey Saxo Bank-Tinkoff. That was one of few teams that approached me during my career when [Alberto] Contador was at the helm. I spoke to them briefly, but when it came to negotiation, it was clear I was going to stay. They noticed I could have done a job. It would have been a cool option, they are classy team, always had nice bikes, nice equipment, big leaders. They had Contador, [Peter] Sagan. Michael Valgren was there in his prime, a good friend of mine. That's the only point in my career I considered it [leaving Sky/Ineos]. If I could ride for any team past or present it would be HTC-Columbia. A big part of that would be to ride with Cav. I only rode with him in a trade team for one season and after that, many times for GB and stuff. But I loved riding with and for Cav. HTC had a lot of guys I got on well with. They had a great dynamic on and off the bike. I much prefer watching the Giro and the one-day classics to the Tour, they're much more unpredictable. Which races did you prefer to ride? Gerard Miller The Tour and the Classics, for me. If you speak to Joe Bloggs and say – 'What do you know about cycling?' – I'm pretty sure they'll say the Tour, and after that, the cobbled Classics. For me, they're the biggest races, I think for the sport of cycling they're the biggest races. Is the Tour the most exciting, or the Giro? It depends on your standpoint. You have the biggest riders at the Tour but you have more unpredictability at the Giro. This year's Giro was one of the greatest Grand Tours I've ever seen. Not just because of the last day, I thought the whole three weeks was fantastic. But for me, it was the Classics and the Tour. They are cycling. As an athlete you want to race at the pinnacle, and that is the pinnacle. Would you support your kids if they wanted to follow in your footsteps and pursue a career as World Tour riders? Andraz Yeah, whatever they want. If they want to be a cyclist, I'll back them. If they want to be a football player, I'll back them. If they want to be a ballet dancer, I'll back them. Whatever they want to do I'll jump in head-first. But I wouldn't steer them towards the sport, and I wouldn't steer them towards any sport. I wouldn't want to live my life through them or their success. They've got to be their own people, make their own decisions, choose their own route in life. As you start your new career at Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale, what is one Ineos way of doing things you want to copy, and one thing you are happy to leave behind? Andy Delaney One thing I prefer at Decathlon is the real human nature in the team. They really care about the individual and the person. Any staff member, any rider, they see as an asset and you've got to perform: but beyond that they pull back the curtain a bit and see the human behind. How are you as a human? How's the family? And I love that. I felt loved and respected at Ineos. But more so with some staff … I think staff are treated better at AG2R. From the get-go I would never say a bad word about Ineos. There is no bad word to say. It's a great organisation with great people. But I think the way Decathlon-AG2R treat their staff is another level up. The infrastructure is still the best in the world at Ineos. They're not the best team but in terms of infrastructure they are pretty hot. The departments, how they distribute responsibilities, is world-class. There's definitely learnings you can take. What chances do you think there might be for a Welsh World Tour team? Wouldn't it be great to have a Welsh team modelled on something like Euskaltel-Euskadi, for so long a symbol of Basque pride? Ed Gdula Yeah, it would be fantastic. But there's optimism v realism. You need a huge backer, a huge headline sponsor, if you want to operate at that level. Thirty, £40m, £50m [yearly budget] … if you want to be one of the best £60m, £70m. It's a great question but I think a World Tour team is a little bit ambitious. Euskaltel-Euskadi is Pro-Conti, where the budget reduces drastically, and that might be possible. It's finding the right backer, finding the person who wants to take the project forward. It's something I've never really thought about and it would be incredible. In Wales you've got a core group of riders who could push it forward. I think Welsh people probably top the ranks of proudest people about their country. They're such patriots. Your old teammate Chris Froome got dog's abuse when he was winning the Tour de France because of doping suspicions. Tadej Pogacar's peformances are on another level completely. How does the peloton react to this? Simon Watkins Froomey's successes came off the back of a very suspect sport, off the back of the Lance Armstrong thing, and the whole sport collapsed for a while. Shortly afterwards Froomey was king of the sport. Whoever was king post-Lance Armstrong was going to get destroyed. We had some hate off certain people throughout our time at Sky because we were the best. Now Ineos is not the best, I don't think anyone suspects anything. Why doesn't Pogacar have so much hate? I think it's because the sport is in the best state it's ever been in. And I think this is largely down to the inclusion of the biological passport. It really has cleaned up the sport. I think it's a very hard system to defeat or lie when you're getting all your results continually plotted on a graph, and you can test positive just for an anomaly. When was the last rider who got caught or went positive in cycling? I can't think of one in the past few years. When I started my career, every month there would be someone. The sport's in a good place. Riders and teams can say it, but the proof is in the pudding. Do you feel the Sky train of the 2010s is wrongly put down these days as being one strong team putting a lid on the racing? Michael Baxter It's quite a harsh criticism because what we did was quite new. No team before or since managed to dictate a race the way we did. I think to have that strength in depth, that organisation, that belief in your teammates, that chemistry in the team was quite special and unique. I think there was some beauty in what we did. Was it particularly exciting to watch? No. Did it put a stranglehold on the race and stop a certain level of flamboyance and panache? It did. Guys were afraid to attack. We had the strongest leader, the strongest team, and were the most organised. We were hard to beat. Is Lance Armstrong regarded as a genius, or hated among the modern peloton? Les Rowley I can only talk for myself, and I sit somewhere in the middle. He ruined the sport, he cheated, he broke people's hearts. I was gutted when I saw the news: I was a Jan Ullrich fan but I still loved Lance, and what he did was unforgivable. At the same time, and maybe this is me being a bit soft, he made hundreds of millions for charity. He went through cancer and still achieved greatness, despite taking drugs [PEDs]. Every single person in the world has been affected by cancer at some point, and he did a lot of good for that, so there's two sides to it. With the peloton seeming to get younger each year, what do you think to replacing the best young rider white jersey with a best old rider (say, over 35) grey jersey? Vic Baker I think it's got value: the white jersey is becoming outdated. Traditionally a rider's peak was 28 to 32, now you're seeing 21-year-olds winning Grand Tours. So it is becoming a little bit extinct, because riders are so good, so young. I'd be all for it. To replace the white with the grey would be quite cool. Any rider who's performing at that level at 35 or above, you have to say chapeau, because they've done it for 15 years, give or take. That deserves a round of applause in itself. So I think a grey jersey instead of white has legs. Would you trade all the Tour de France victories you've contributed to – meaning the team wouldn't have won any of them – for a personal win at either the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix? Simon Winster Interesting one. You know what? I wouldn't change anything about my career. I did some good stuff, I did some stupid stuff … I would like to think I did more good than bad. But no. It would be huge, but what I did in my career is what I did in my career. I'm very proud of being part of those Tour de France victories. I was a very small cog in a big machine but I played my role. I'm happy with what I achieved, happy to close the chapter. I look back and honestly, it sounds cliched, but I just smile. No regrets. 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