Motivation Quote by Richard Virenque

Time bends when you measure it in stages won and scandals survived. Richard Virenque’s quote reads like a victory lap, but it’s really a survival statement: ten years on, still visible, still relevant, still collecting proof that the body and the brand haven’t been written off.

On the surface he’s marking an anniversary - first big moment in 1994, now a decade later. Underneath, he’s insisting on continuity in a sport that chews through heroes fast. Cyclists are supposed to peak, fade, get replaced by the next engine with fresher legs. Virenque flips that script with a blunt, almost boyish amazement: “I’m still around.” It’s not modesty; it’s a claim to endurance as identity.

Context sharpens the edge. Virenque wasn’t just any rider; he was a Tour de France icon and a lightning rod during cycling’s doping era, his reputation dragged through public inquiry and tabloid spectacle. In that light, “still around” carries a second meaning: not just physically present, but socially tolerated, allowed back into the story. The repetition - “again, like last year and the year before” - is deliberately monotonous, a drumbeat of normalcy. He’s trying to make winning sound routine, as if controversy were a detour rather than the map.

The intent feels less like celebration than insistence: judge me by the latest stage, not the old headlines. In cycling, where history is constantly being revised, he’s arguing for a present tense.