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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/bike-riding-requires-permanent-sacrifice-it-means-training-11-months/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

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## More by Richard Virenque

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/i-want-to-be-remembered-going-off-the-front-not-the-other-way-after/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/he-s-dangerous-he-s-beautiful-and-he-loves-the-heat-like-me-that-s/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [In the second part of my life, away from cycling, I hope I will be able to benefit fully from my family and children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/in-the-second-part-of-my-life-away-from-cycling-i-hope-i-will-be-able/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [I was a hero, and a second afterwards it was all over. Casartelli was dead so what I had achieved was worth nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/i-was-a-hero-and-a-second-afterwards-it-was-all-over-casartelli-was/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/the-more-the-years-go-by-the-more-difficult-it-gets-i-m-getting-old/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [Bike riding requires permanent sacrifice. It means training 11 months out of 12 and 110 days of racing, whatever the weather conditions. Early in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/bike-riding-requires-permanent-sacrifice-it-means-training-11-months/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/i-symbolized-doping-my-phone-rarely-rings-i-can-count-on-the-fingers/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/my-first-was-in-1994-and-it-s-ten-years-ago-already-it-s-been-ten/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/it-was-important-to-score-points-today-and-i-went-for-them-with-my/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

> [You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/you-can-say-that-climbers-suffer-the-same-as-the-other-riders-but/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

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