I was the strongest during my career, and that helped me a lot, definitely in the beginning, when I needed to race against riders who were much older than me and had the power and the experience. I could beat… — Sven Nys Copy Share
In 1997, when I started as a professional athlete, my sport was not like it is now. I needed to develop myself to beat the next generation, but things also changed in the sport. Bikes have changed, the sport has gotten faster, and it's becoming more professional. But my goal always was to try to be one step in front… — Sven Nys Copy Share
After 20 years of racing career the most important lessons I learned is that you need to have the passion and really love to… — Sven Nys Copy Share Image
If you see that your sport is changing, you need to change yourself and think about it and work with people around you who… — Sven Nys Copy Share Image
I was the strongest during my career, and that helped me a lot, definitely in the beginning, when I needed to race against riders who were much older than me and had the power and the experience. I could beat them with my technique. At a certain moment I not only had the technique but then the power came and… — Sven Nys Copy Share
At the end of my career, I was, most of the time, a rider who came out of the background and won races just… — Sven Nys Copy Share Image
With the schedule I created for myself, I saw a lot of times that others copied what I did. And if you copy somebody,… — Sven Nys Copy Share Image
I don't miss racing, but I miss the time to train every day, to do the workouts, because I'm busy with a lot of… — Sven Nys Copy Share Image
