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
Last year, I had the yellow jersey on Bastille Day, now I have won this stage, it's great,
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.
It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.
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 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.