Richard Virenque Quotations

My first was in 1994 and it's ten years ago already. It's been ten years and I'm still around. I won a stage again, like I did last year and the year before.

I have been riding for 20 years and I didn't want to do it for a year too many. That's why I have decided to quit now,

I don't know what I'll do next year but I've enjoyed this Tour.

He's dangerous, he's beautiful, and he loves the heat, like me - that's why I had a scorpion tattooed on my leg in 1999 after my fifth jersey.

I symbolized doping, ... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.

Last year, I had the yellow jersey on Bastille Day, now I have won this stage, it's great,

Two close persons departed and they both kept me going towards the end.

What's even more surprising is that EPO methods have been authenticated for more than three years. It's amazing that they waited until Armstrong was retired to reveal that,

Bike riding requires permanent sacrifice. It means training 11 months out of 12 and 110 days of racing, whatever the weather conditions. Early in life, I realised I did not have intellectual potential, so I dedicated myself to cycling.

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.

I want to be remembered going off the front, not the other way. After winning my seventh king-of-the-mountains title and winning a stage on Bastille Day, I asked myself, 'What more can I do in cycling?' I want to go out at the top.

In the second part of my life, away from cycling, I hope I will be able to benefit fully from my family and children in the same way that cycling gave me such joy.

He stunned the favorites a bit today. Tomorrow, I think he's going to strike a sword blow on this Tour.

You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you're glad to be there.

I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.

I was a hero, and a second afterwards it was all over. Casartelli was dead so what I had achieved was worth nothing.