[56], Eric Boyer said of Virenque's retirement: "Richard has character, a strong personality. Robin recalled a quiet, thoughtful man who, the moment anything started, dedicated himself to it. ", Grand Tour general classification results timeline. Jalabert followed shortly after his own career ended. Ardisson said: "It was very naive, very Virenque. Then, very quickly, we saw he knew how to live and to joke and we respected him. [9], "You have to be able to move sur la plaque [use the larger chainring] as soon as you're at the top. [29], On 11 August 2006,[29][48] Virenque was taken to hospital at Moûtiers and transferred to Grenoble after falling during a mountain-bike race at Méribel. Virenque's fan club in 2000, two years after the Festina scandal had 5,000 members, of whom 2,000 were described as active. In den Medien war die Rede von der „rollenden Apotheke“ und der Sport geriet in den Hintergrund. Genau das war es, was die französischen Fans sehen wollten. Auf dem Weg nach Pau wurde es bergig. In other, less shimmering words, because of his involvement in the doping scandal, none of the 20 or so top teams is willing to hire the star climber and team leader at his salary of about $1.6 million a year. [n 10] Voet wrote a book, Massacre à la Chaîne, published in a legally-censored English edition as Breaking the Chain, in which he came close to identifying Virenque as an unrepentant doper. Da Richard Virenque weiterhin seine Unschuld beteuerte und er nie positiv getestet wurde, konnte man den Franzosen nicht sperren. Leider durfte Richard Virenque das Gelbe Trikot nur einen Tag tragen. The family was affluent, employing both a gardener and a nurse. [9], Virenque returned to prominence by winning Paris–Tours on 7 October 2001[9] in a day-long breakaway in which he dropped Jacky Durand and crossed the line seconds ahead of the peloton. Zwar gelang Richard Virenque der Etappensieg nicht, aber dennoch jubelte er beim Überqueren der Ziellinie. He at first denied he had doped himself but then confessed. Er galt als geläuterter Profi. "He really joined in war exercises," he told. On the other hand, he was less impressive in the team time-trials. Seitdem arbeitet er für Eurosport Frankreich. Deine E-Mail-Adresse wird nicht veröffentlicht. She gained qualifications as a hairdresser and beautician but never worked, at the request of her father and of her husband. In 2003 he won the stage to Morzine and wore the jersey on the climb of Alpe d'Huez. Doch Virenque blickte parallel zumindest mit einem Auge immer auch auf das Gepunktete Trikot. Bei seinem Comeback waren die Fans erneut gespalten: verzeihen oder nicht? [8] Then, Jalabert opened links by getting his wife, Sylvie, to ask Stéphanie Virenque for the loan of a vacuum cleaner that she didn't actually need. Despite his denials, French judicial investigators say they have documentary evidence that he has been doping himself for years. His first win was in a race round the town at La Valette-du-Var, when he and another rider, Pascale Ranucci, lapped the field. Nobody made him. Some riders don't show signs of being tired but after riding with them so many times in the mountains I know the signs they're not doing well. [10] "I was riding like a kamikaze. [n 12] When Virenque retired Jalabert wrote in an open letter: "We used to go out every day at 10am, because you're not much of a morning person. He couldn't stand being in school any longer than he had to, he said, and he left to work as a plumber. I climbed the Alpe d'Huez for the pleasure. But I'm not going to say what they are."[12]. He was looking to improve his performances. Im Fokus stand vor allem das Team Festina. The answer is: he doesn't even attempt to. In a climb, I look straight ahead 10 meters in front of me to judge my rivals, analyse the gears they're using, see if they're rolling in the saddle, if they're breathing easily or not. Readers after la vérité won't find it in Ma Vérité and fans who have invested emotions in Virenque's sporting career deserve better. Today, he is a personality [un people]. And what a crowd! Richard Virenque's name is pronounced Ree-shah Vee-rahnk. I thought of all the sacrifices that he made when he was very young, like when he was a kid and he was dropped in a race and that he went off like a mad dog, on impulse. The presenter, Thierry Ardisson, asked him: "If you were sure of winning the Tour by being doped but knew you would not get caught, would you do it?" He deserved to be sanctioned severely, and he was. Virenque has become — made himself — extremely damaged goods. I was longing for someone else to come up to us. [7], In the meantime they had the help of a prominent neighbour, Laurent Jalabert. Few teams were willing to consider him when he completed his suspension and only a few friends kept in touch. Richard Virenque schlich sich in die Ausreißergruppe des Tages. Einige sahen in ihm den Lügner und Sünder, die anderen wiederum den unschuldigen, hochtalentierten künftigen Toursieger. The baby-faced Virenque faces possible criminal charges of drug-taking and drug-trafficking. But it's a shame that, once again, he didn't want to tell the truth. He turned professional for RMO in January 1991. I had only my bike, and I took to it in depth."[7]. [5] His father, Jacques, ran a tire company. Without that, I wouldn't be a Tour rider. Doch am 6. I told him: 'Be brave, son. [4] She said she would stay with him and support him only if they moved back in the south of France after four years in Switzerland. Und die Fans warten seit 1985 noch immer auf den nächsten französischen Toursieger. While his former team-mates were served six-month suspensions and returned to racing in spring 1999,[20] Virenque changed teams to Polti in January 1999[19] and prepared for the 1999 Tour by riding the Giro d'Italia, in which he won a stage. As a child, Virenque began cycling by riding round the garden of the family's house. So gewann er 1999 ein weiteres Mal die Bergwertung und eine Etappe bei der Tour de France. Race director Jean-Marie Leblanc banned Virenque from the 1999 Tour de France but was obliged to accept him after a ruling by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Virenque, his parents, his brother Lionel and sister Nathalie lived in the Iseba district of Casablanca. "[9] Jalabert and his wife Sylvie said that, as a souvenir, they had kept the doors of one of their closets upside down because that was the way Virenque had fitted them.[10]. He doesn't describe techniques or list substances. Doch nachdem die systematische Dopingpraxis im Team Festina aufgeklärt wurde und Richard Virenque geständig war, wurde er für sieben Monate aus dem Verkehr gezogen. 1994 gelang ihm endgültig der Durchbruch. '"[5], Virenque lived near Geneva in Switzerland and the Swiss cycling association suspended him for nine months. Nach seinem zweiten und dritten Platz in den Jahren zuvor, ging Richard Virenque 1998 als ein Favorit in die Tour de France. Seit 1985 warteten die Franzosen auf ihren nächsten Helden. There shouldn't be more than that. It's they who will live on after you. "I had to realise that I wasn't anything any more," he said. Gelb: Richard Virenque jubelt in Pau über Rang 2 1992 startete die Tour de France in Spanien. [23][n 9]. [6] He then did his national service in the army battalion at Joinville in Paris[2] to which talented sportsmen were often sent. He was one of the most popular French riders with fans[3] for his boyish personality and his long, lone attacks. That said, I do have a look at my rivals' heart monitors sometimes, to see what state they're in. Schließlich fand sich keine andere Equipe, um die Lücke zu schließen und Pascal Lino lag in der Gesamtwertung plötzlich knapp zwei Minuten vor Richard Virenque. He looks forwards, never behind. Ein Ende ist nicht in Sicht. "It wasn't much of a bike," he said. Close to people, with a good heart as well. Virenque's teammates, Christophe Moreau, Laurent Brochard and Armin Meier, admitted taking EPO after being arrested during the Tour[17] and were disqualified. It seemed to you that everybody had abandoned you. She moved to Morocco when she was young and spent her childhood there. The sort of moment, that brings waves of euphoria. "[35], Cofidis was said to be interested but not in his first year back. [3][14] They were, said John Lichfield, the Paris correspondent of The Independent in Britain: "235 doses of erythropoietin (EPO), an artificial hormone which boosts the red cells (and therefore endurance) but can thicken the blood to fatal levels if not controlled properly. A sort of complicity began between us. The Vuelta, the Giro, all that is fading. "[15] Bruno Roussel, Virenque's directeur sportif, told L'Équipe that Virenque responded to the news by saying: "Mes produits, comment je vais faire maintenant?" Virenque was criticised by the media and satirists for his denial in the face of increasing evidence and his pretence of having been doped without his knowledge. The Tour gave way. Was er nämlich bereits wusste: Das Gelbe Trikot gehört ihm! Biographie of Richard Virenque", "Virenque"Je cours pour ceux qui m'aiment, "Tel quel Ce que Virenque expliquait deja dans son livre", "L'AVEU Richard Virenque a fini par admettre s'être dopé. In der Gesamtwertung wurde er nur vom Team Telekom geschlagen. In den kommenden drei Wochen blicken wir auf verschiedenste Ereignisse der Tour de France zurück. Virenque considers himself a man of the South but pronounces his name in standard French. That embarrassed me, to fight against you, but it was the same for you."[10]. We were rivals, we were chasing the same objectives and the press set us up against each other. Mit vereinen Kräften gelang es, das Gelbe Trikot weitere elf Tage zu tragen, ehe Vorjahressieger Miguel Indurain das Zepter übernahm. "[29], "[Richard] weeps, he speaks. He was a climber, best remembered for winning the King of the Mountains competition of the Tour de France a record seven times and also for being one of the central figures in a widespread doping scandal in 1998: the Festina Affair. It was then that I realised his distress. Als Mensch, der einen Fehler gemacht hat und daraus lernen durfte. Die Tour ging ohne ihn und seine Mannschaft zu Ende. iVelo, Richard Virenque : recasé avec l'égérie de sa boisson énergisante ! His day-long breakaway also saw him wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. In my opinion the Festina affair was just the outcome of what had been going on for many years. Like when you come out of a concert or a night club. Whatever you do, think of your children. Yes. Seine Passion Radsport begleitet ihn also seit über zwei Jahrzehnten. I could hear their voices, their shouts, which meant a lot to me. [34] He was fined the equivalent of 2,600 euros and told to pay 1,300 euros in costs. He was coached for time-trials by Jeannie Longo and her husband.[6]. Virenque replied: "Win the Tour doped, but without getting caught? Radsport mit all seinen Taktiken, Etappenanalysen, Platzierungen und Prognosen sind die große Leidenschaft von Michael Behringer. [10] Jalabert said that later, "Richard called me one day when my wife and I were getting ready to move house. [30] Domo kept him the following season, after Farm Frites withdrew as co-sponsor, because it wanted to expand its carpet business in France. Virenque pathetically observes the peloton's custom of keeping mum: he never mentions coming into contact with doping practices, directly or indirectly. [48], In December 2007, Virenque and his wife, Stéphanie, divorced[50] after 17 years together. I rode out of my skin," Virenque said. Virenque said they were jealous: "They couldn't stand being equal best and they couldn't stand being beaten. Cycle-racing did not immediately inspire Virenque. Schon zu seinen Anfangszeiten war deutlich ersichtlich, dass die Schwächen des Franzosen im Kampf gegen die Uhr zu finden sind. Mit seinem aggressiven und offensiven Fahrstil sorgte er für ein Spektakel. The Tour said last month that he was 'not welcome.' Wir schreiben die Tour de France 1992. So much for ethical purity. Fortan wurde natürlich für ihn gefahren. Another Italian, his team-mate Enrico Cassani, said Virenque was referred to in Italy as "the shit". Nach der Etappe führte er die Gesamtwertung mit einem Vorsprung von 4:34 Minuten auf Miguel Indurain an. Paris–Tours is a flat race that favours sprinters and not climbers. I was afraid that he would do the worst thing [commit suicide], because he is hypersensitive. In 1990 he came eighth in the world championship road race at Utsunomiya, Tochigi in Japan, riding une course d'enfer[n 8] to impress Marc Braillon, the head of the professional team, RMO, said Pascal Lino. Virenque had been asked to stay away from the, The phrase "willingly but without knowing" returns in a later sketch by 'Les Guignols de l'info', in which Virenque mistakes tennis player Amélie Mauresmo for a cyclist: video at. Er gewann das Bergtrikot in seiner Karriere insgesamt siebenmal. He held it for a day,[2] losing it next day to his team-mate Pascal Lino, who led for the next two weeks. You told me you missed the sun of the south, and your friends. Kategorie: Radsport News, Straßenradsport, Tour de France Stichworte: News, Radsport Geschichte, Richard Virenque, Tour de France, Tour de France 1992, Tour de France Geschichte, 6. often featuring the number 7, representing his wins in the King of the Mountains. "[6][n 5]. - "My products/stuff — what am I going to do now?"[16]. Taps, gestures to encourage me. Der mittlerweile 49-jährige Franzose fuhr genau vor 27 Jahren in die Herzen der französischen Fans. Virenque said: "Jacky asked me if we should sit up [give up the breakaway attempt]. [52] In 2008 he was associated with a 20-year-old model, Jessica Sow,[52][53][54][55] with whom he made a drinks commercial. That hurt me to see you like that, you with your fame, to have fallen so far. It was a 13 July, it was my big day. A long break wasn't the idea. [1][2] Lino said: When I saw him arrive in the team, I soon understood. Virenque was sought by several teams after his first Tour and Cyrille Guimard said at the world championship at Benidorm that he had arranged for him to join his Castorama team, where he would replace Laurent Fignon. Gemeinsam mit dem Spanier Javier Murguialday löst er sich aus dem Hauptfeld und rettete rund fünf Minuten Vorsprung ins Ziel. He became the symbol of doping in cycling but he did only what the others did. Für die erfolgsverwöhnten Zuschauer waren sechs Jahre ohne einheimischen Toursieger eine lange Zeit. So wurde auch die zweite Etappe in San Sebastián gestartet. He suffered for all that had gone before [Il a reçu ce fléau en héritage]. He was desperate to help us even though we didn't really need any help. I wallowed in the crowd [J'ai vécu un bon bain de foule]. "It was a typical Virenque moment," Fotheringham wrote, "with a yell of anger as he crossed the line 'for all those who tried to destroy me'". Virenque's mother, Bérangère, was born in the Alpes-Maritimes region of France, the daughter of a public works entrepreneur. Publié le 09 january 2008 par Benjamin Tolman". Virenque was a witness with others from the former Festina team. Hätten sie damals bereits gewusst, dass sie auch 27 Jahre später noch immer auf den Nachfolger von Bernard Hinault warten müssen, wäre vielleicht auch die Karriere von Richard Virenque anders verlaufen. Richard Virenque (born 19 November 1969) is a retired French professional road racing cyclist. "[6] On the third day he took the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification after a long breakaway with two other riders on the col de Marie-Blanque in the Pyrenees. But the Tour, that's brilliant everywhere. He cried from morning to night. I don't know. "[44] The programme was recorded to be broadcast as-live. Richard Virenque[n 1] (born 19 November 1969) is a retired French professional road racing cyclist. They also found 82 doses of a muscle-strengthening hormone called Sauratropine,; 60 doses of Pantestone, a derivative of testosterone, which boosts body strength but can cause cancer; and sundry pain-deadening corticoids and energy-fuelling amphetamines. [21] Franco Polti, the head of Virenque's team, fined him 30 million lire.[19]. In 2000, Virenque received 589 letters in three weeks during the Tour de France, more than any other rider. I saw him defeated. In 2004 he won the King of the Mountains for a record seventh time. Denn statt den lang ersehnten nächsten französischen Toursieg zu feiern, wurde die Tour de France 1998 zur Tour de Farce. Virenque began training with Jalabert who was recovering from a fall while working on his house. Virenque rode, at his team's request, on a bicycle painted white with red dots to resemble the polka dot jersey worn by the leader of the mountains classification and he travelled between stages with a bodyguard, Gilles Pagliuca. Richard Virenque wurde am Ende 25. der Gesamtwertung. "But [racing and the Tour de France] didn't interest me at all, until the day he [my brother] took me to see a race and I signed up with a cycling school [école de cyclisme]. His idol was Michael Jackson. [19] That year, he wrote Ma Vérité, a book which asserted his innocence[24] and included comments of how doping must be fought. I climb cols by feel and I don't look at my heart monitor. If the sport doesn't need him, he raged, he doesn't need it. "Jessica Sow : De la pub a Richard Virenque", "Image of both of them and Virenque and Sow together", "Richard Virenque et Jessica Sow, janvier 21st, 2008", Richard Virenque on the Tour de France 2004, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Virenque&oldid=977842797, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Virenque and his family moved back to France as his wife asked. happiness. "[6] Virenque often skipped school to fish on the beach. When I left the hotel in the morning, the people were there waiting for me and, on the road, they were encouraging me, putting their hand on me. [34] The president of the French federation, Daniel Baal, said nine months was halfway between the minimum penalty of six months and the maximum of a year for a first-time offence. Jean Delatour, with whom Virenque trained in the winter,[n 13] said it could be interested if it found more sponsorship. Ungewohnt früh mussten sich also die Klassement- und Bergfahrer präsentieren. [26] Procycling wrote: "The 200 or so pages of Ma Vérité camouflage this dodgy logic [that Virenque never took drugs because he was never caught taking drugs] with sometimes justifiable grievances against the breaches of confidence that have fed the press since the scandal broke. I used to go cycling rather than attend my classes."[6]. Endlich sollte die Durststrecke ein Ende haben. The sections are referred to as cycling schools. But Virenque says Vee-rahnk or Vee-ronk, a sound difficult to write in English. His brother, Lionel, cycled, read specialist magazines and watched the Tour de France on television. He said Moreau's urine showed EPO had not been detected. winners, Articles with dead external links from September 2010, Wikipedia articles with style issues from August 2012, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 September 2020, at 08:58. From his first races, it was a festival, particularly at the Tour Med... We were riding at 60kmh and he attacked and held the peloton in respect for two kilometres. ", "For sheer effrontery, Virenque's denial for over two years that he had knowingly taken drugs, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, took some beating. Laurent Jalabert had already done his national service in the army's 'sports specialist' battalion at Joinville in Paris; Jean-Cyril Robin, Eddy Seigneur, Philippe Ermenault and others were there at the same time as Virenque. But when I saw the gap was rising, I shouted' Faut y croire ' [We can do it/We have to believe] But he said he'd run dry. There his father failed to find the same sort of job and relations between his parents suffered. When we trained together was when I found out who you were, someone who's good deep down. Virenque finished twice on the podium in the Tour de France (third in 1996 and second in 1997) and won several stages, among them Mont Ventoux in 2002. He is the 18th rider in the Tour to have won stages over 10 years apart;[n 3] he wore the Maillot Jaune for two days in his entire career. He was one of the most popular French riders with fans for his boyish personality and his long, lone attacks. Erforderliche Felder sind mit * markiert. Mit Rang fünf in der Gesamtwertung und seinem ersten Gewinn des Bergtrikots stieg er auf zu einem der besten Fahrer der Welt. He doesn't name names... he carries on as if the problem didn't exist. in Brazil in April 2006. Ardisson said that Virenque asked after the recording finished that his answer be cut out. "[44], Virenque rode the Olympic Games road race in Athens and decided to retire, a decision he announced at the Olympia theatre in Paris on 24 September 2004. [45] In autumn 2005 he opened Virenque Design, a company to design and sell jewellery[46] He stayed in the public eye, winning Je suis une célébrité, sortez-moi de là! Van Impe criticised Virenque for being opportunistic rather than the best climber; he said he had himself refrained from breaking Bahamontes' record himself out of reverence. He was paid the equivalent of £800 a month, the minimum wage, for the last three months of the year and the same salary for which he had first turned professional in 1992. Tour de France Geschichte: Im Radsport werden Helden geboren, tragische Figuren gemacht und spannende Geschichten geschrieben. "[13], Virenque was a talented climber but a modest time-triallist. Nobody loves him. [4] His mother described Richard as a gentle, kind boy, full of life, who enjoyed helping her in the garden. Doch da er in den Bergen immer stärker wurde, konnte er diese Defizite mit seiner offensiven Fahrweise schlichtweg ausgleichen. It's odd, but that day did him an awful lot of good. Denn die an ihn gestellten Erwartungen wuchsen rasant an. [34] The sentence was reduced by an independent tribunal to six and a half. The ASPTT still exists but without its former close links to the post office. Der gerade einmal 22-Jährige war für das kleine Team RMO unterwegs und im Fahrerfeld noch ein unbeschriebenes Blatt. His years of cockiness, his frequent and public criticism of rivals, his many small snubs are not forgotten. Auf dem Weg nach Pau wurde es bergig. [9] Samuel Abt of the International Herald Tribune, wrote: "Mocked now and entirely abandoned, Richard Virenque responds with the spirit of the adolescent he remains. Pfleger Willy Voet, Sportdirektor Bruno Roussel und Mannschaftsarzt Eric Ryckaert wurden in Gewahrsam genommen. [30] The French magazine, Vélo, called the victory "extraordinary. On a gentle climb, I sprint with my hands on the drops, or I accelerate with my hands on the hoods. Voet said he was aware of what he was doing and participated in trafficking between cyclists. Und sie bekamen mehr: Denn Richard Virenque sollte direkt bei seiner ersten Tour de France ins Gelbe Trikot stürmen. The family moved to La Londe-les-Maures, near the Côte d'Azur, in 1979 when he was nine. In Frankreich stellte man sich nicht die Frage, OB Virenque die Tour de France gewinnen wird, sondern nur WANN. Virenque said they made their comeback rides together, although he said he was in the worse shape "I was in a rotten condition physically and my heart suffered at the slightest effort and my muscles had melted. You had the air of suffering, of needing to confide in someone.
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