--- title: "4 Stephen Roche Quotes - Famous Sport cyclist (Renaissance of Renewable Energy)" description: "Stephen Roche is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. Browse 4 Stephen Roche quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-roche-87111.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Stephen Roche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-roche-87111.jpg) # Stephen Roche (1959) Sport Cyclist **4** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Stephen Roche is a sport cyclist, best known for *Renaissance of Renewable Energy*. ## Quick Facts About Stephen Roche Born November 28, 1959 Profession Sport Cyclist Notable works Renaissance of Renewable Energy ## About Stephen Roche Stephen Roche is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only three male cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia general classification, plus the World road race championship, the others being Eddy Merckx and Tadej Pogačar. Roche's rise coincided with that of fellow Irishman Sean Kelly. ## Quotes by Stephen Roche > [I have never taken performance-enhancing drugs whether banned or unbanned, on or off the list, at any time. In fact, I underwent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-roche/i-have-never-taken-performance-enhancing-drugs-whether-banned-or/) [Stephen Roche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-roche/) [Banned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/banned/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/stephen-roche-70428_banned_i-have-never-taken-performance-enhancing_1016300.jpg) > [In cycling, you can put all your money on one horse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-roche/in-cycling-you-can-put-all-your-money-on-one-horse/) [Stephen Roche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-roche/) [Cycling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cycling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/stephen-roche-70428_cycling_in-cycling-you-can-put-all-your-money-on_1402880.jpg) > [I never want to abandon my bike. I see my grandfather, now in his seventies and riding around everywhere. To me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-roche/i-never-want-to-abandon-my-bike-i-see-my-grandfather-now-in-his/) [Stephen Roche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-roche/) [Abandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/stephen-roche-70428_abandon_i-never-want-to-abandon-my-bike-i-see-my_2153124.jpg) > [While it is a very hard and sometimes very cruel profession, my love for the bike remains as strong now as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-roche/while-it-is-a-very-hard-and-sometimes-very-cruel-profession-my-love/) [Stephen Roche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-roche/) [Abandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/stephen-roche-70428_abandon_while-it-is-a-very-hard-and-sometimes-ve_3176408.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-roche/#itemlist", "name": "Stephen Roche Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have never taken performance-enhancing drugs whether banned or unbanned, on or off the list, at any time. 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