Richard Virenque, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Richard Virenque

French racing cyclist

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1969

Place of Birth: Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Richard Virenque

  • Richard Virenque (born 19 November 1969) is a retired French professional road racing cyclist.
  • He was one of the most popular French riders with fans for his boyish personality and his long, lone attacks.
  • 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.
  • As a result of this he was regularly displayed as a moronic rubber puppet with hypodermics in his head on the satirical television programme, Les Guignols de l'info.
  • 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.
  • He wore the Maillot Jaune for two days in his entire career, perhaps ironically each day was also about ten years apart.

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