Richard Virenque
Richard Virenque
Richard Virenqueis a retired French professional road racing cyclist. He was one of the most popular French riders with fans for his boyish personality and his long, lone attacks. He was a climber, winning the King of the Mountains competition of the Tour de France a record seven times. He is best remembered as the central figure in a widespread doping scandal in 1998, and his being regularly displayed as a moronic rubber puppet with hypodermics in his head on...
NationalityMoroccan
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 November 1969
CountryMorocco
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.
It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.
Last year, I had the yellow jersey on Bastille Day, now I have won this stage, it's great,
I don't know what I'll do next year but I've enjoyed this Tour.
I symbolized doping, ... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.
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.