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

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.