"Once you actually get to the age when you're old enough to be a vicar, it ceases to be funny, " quipped Fry.

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"You get some respect from your peers when you wear this jersey, " said the 31-year-old, who finished runner-up last year to Albert Contador of Spain.

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When are you deemed old enough to know what it is you would like to study and don't get useless figures shoved down your throat by people who seem to think that everyone in the world cares about politics and economics so they all will study it, regardless of whether they are studying art?

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