Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

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.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in no sport.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to it - I love the fact that it's so epic. You crash on a bike, the first thing you do is try and get back up on it. No whinging!

In fact cycling has always been 'saved' by judicial investigations and not by the anti-doping controls we put in place. That's the harsh truth. We have relied on them to clean the sport up.