“I want to be remembered going off the front, not the other way. After ...” — Richard Virenque Quote

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.

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.

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

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

I had been asked to start going out for roles here and there throughout my career, but I know that acting is a hard thing; it takes a lot of work, and I was traveling. I didn't have the time to really focus on it, so I really waited for the right project to come along.

Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.

When I was in the state legislature, we asked for different examples of voter fraud, and the Republicans could never produce any sort of in-person voter fraud examples.

If you asked me what the worst part of my eviction from the 'Love Island' villa was, I would tell you this: that it wasn't down to a public vote that I was forced to leave; that, rather, it was down to my fellow Islanders, the people who I was sharing a home and experience with.