>Arnaud De Lie has broken the vicious circle: "I set the bar too high for myself and wondered who I was cycling for"
>"My state of mind is completely different now. Before the break after Gent-Wevelgem I was going around in circles and hanging my head a bit. You're in a vicious circle then, but now things are going much better."
>"I just couldn't get stuck in the negative anymore. You do that by pulling yourself up on small things. For example, I was too hard on myself, because when I came in 4th, I wasn't just disappointed, but angry with myself."
>"If people tell you to perform better, you can get angry and wonder why they are blaming you. That's one way to do it. I took it too personally and set the bar too high."
>"But in the Tour de Suisse my mentality was different. The Arnaud of the Algarve and the one of Switzerland are completely different."
De Lie bros... we are SO BACK