5. Favourite dish
Takos
6. Favourite colour
Rosso
7. My first bicycle
A BMX
8. Three words to describe cycling
Relaxing, amusing, competitive
9. Three words to describe Bianchi
Famous and authoritative
10. I regard myself as
A happy person
11. The podium of the most important things
My wife, my family and my job
12. The most beautiful bike of ever?
A Bianchi bike, of course...
13. The most difficult climb
“The Catine”, a climb in Australia, near my house
14. My best mate on the bike
My neighbour in Monaco, Troy Bayliss
15. The most beautiful place I’ve ever seen
My farm, in Australia
16. The place where I haven’t been yet
The great lakes district, in Canada
17. Your greatest regret (if you have one)
None
18. My lucky charm
I have no lucky charms, not even during races
19. The present I would like to receive
Nothing special, I think I am a lucky man
20. My motto
“Never ever give up”