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David Millar: A career of highs, lows and rock bottom David Millar: A career of highs, lows and rock bottom
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20002000
Wins opening time trial at Futuroscope, beating Lance Armstrong by two seconds, and holds the yellow jersey for three days, surviving a crash along the way. He finishes 62nd overall, and marks the end of the race with an attack on the Champs Elysées.Wins opening time trial at Futuroscope, beating Lance Armstrong by two seconds, and holds the yellow jersey for three days, surviving a crash along the way. He finishes 62nd overall, and marks the end of the race with an attack on the Champs Elysées.
20012001
Crashes in the prologue time trial at Dunkirk and spends the next few stages attempting to survive in spite of severe abrasions, joking between gritted teeth that he has now experienced life at both ends of the race. Abandons the race after 10 days, the only time he will pull out in 12 Tours. Murphy’s law being what it is, invitations to his post-Tour party had been circulated before the race even began. Crashes in the prologue time trial at Dunkirk and spends the next few stages attempting to survive despite severe abrasions, joking between gritted teeth that he has now experienced life at both ends of the race. Abandons the race after 10 days, the only time he will pull out in 12 Tours. Murphy’s law being what it is, invitations to his post-Tour party had been circulated before the race even began.
20022002
Wins Tour stage at Béziers, heading in a breakaway that includes one-day experts such as Laurent Jalabert and Laurent Brochard. It’s a win that gives him particular delight. “I was doing it clean that year, to prove to myself that I could, and it was so good to see what my real ability was.”Wins Tour stage at Béziers, heading in a breakaway that includes one-day experts such as Laurent Jalabert and Laurent Brochard. It’s a win that gives him particular delight. “I was doing it clean that year, to prove to myself that I could, and it was so good to see what my real ability was.”
20042004
Ten days before the Tour starts, Millar is arrested in a restaurant near his Biarritz home by French police; he subsequently confesses to having doped in 2001 and 2003 and is banned for two years.Ten days before the Tour starts, Millar is arrested in a restaurant near his Biarritz home by French police; he subsequently confesses to having doped in 2001 and 2003 and is banned for two years.
20072007
In his second Tour after his return from the doping ban that turns him into an anti-drug campaigner, Millar is giving a press conference as news breaks that the Kazakh Alexandr Vinokourov has been busted for blood doping. The Scot bursts into tears. His immediate reaction is one of despair. “Given what we have done, with our current situation, we may as well pack our bags and go home.”In his second Tour after his return from the doping ban that turns him into an anti-drug campaigner, Millar is giving a press conference as news breaks that the Kazakh Alexandr Vinokourov has been busted for blood doping. The Scot bursts into tears. His immediate reaction is one of despair. “Given what we have done, with our current situation, we may as well pack our bags and go home.”
20102010
Millar spends 180km on his own behind the peloton in a desperate battle for survival in the Alps after battling the injuries from three crashes, plus a stomach bug and a fever. He says afterwards: “At the Tour, it’s about finishing. This is not a race you want to leave, or one you’ll give up on without turning yourself inside out.”Millar spends 180km on his own behind the peloton in a desperate battle for survival in the Alps after battling the injuries from three crashes, plus a stomach bug and a fever. He says afterwards: “At the Tour, it’s about finishing. This is not a race you want to leave, or one you’ll give up on without turning yourself inside out.”
20142014
Having expected to race the Tour for the 13th time, and been selected by his Garmin-Sharp team, Millar is pulled out of the squad five days before the start due to doubts over his form. “I’m devastated that the team don’t trust me,” says the Scot.Having expected to race the Tour for the 13th time, and been selected by his Garmin-Sharp team, Millar is pulled out of the squad five days before the start due to doubts over his form. “I’m devastated that the team don’t trust me,” says the Scot.