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

~Richard Virenque

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Moroccan

Type: Athlete

Born: November 19th, 1969

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