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Richard Virenque

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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, known 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 as one of the central figures in a widespread doping scandal in 1998, the Festina Affair. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Virenque is the 288th most popular cyclist (down from 224th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 122nd in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Richard Virenque ranks 288 out of 1,613Before him are Piotr Ugrumov, Dunc Gray, Erika Salumäe, Michael Rasmussen, Gordon Thomas, and Pascal Hervé. After him are Dag Otto Lauritzen, Gunnar Asmussen, Jan Pijnenburg, Wout van Aert, Simon Yates, and Alessandro Petacchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Richard Virenque ranks 319Before him are Kazushi Sakuraba, Ever Palacios, Domingos Paciência, Trudi Canavan, Sheryl Sandberg, and Shawnee Smith. After him are Jenni Rivera, Shinichi Mochizuki, Alexis Arquette, Naoko Nishigai, Kirill Serebrennikov, and Elizabeth Gilbert.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Richard Virenque ranks 128 out of 264Before him are RedOne (1972), Alber Elbaz (1961), Gérard Soler (1954), Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (1952), Boujemaa Benkhrif (1947), and Amina Bouayach (1957). After him are Abdelkrim Merry (1955), Abdelhak Achik (1959), Maouhoub Ghazouani (1948), André Guelfi (1919), Serge Chiesa (1950), and Mustapha Choukri (1947).

Among CYCLISTS In Morocco

Among cyclists born in Morocco, Richard Virenque ranks 1