«I soon realised that I didn’t have the brain to be anything but a racing cyclist.» RICHARD VIRENQUE.
GINO BARTALI, FAUSTO COPPI, CHARLY GAUL, FEDERICO BAHAMONTES, EDDY MERCKX, LUCIEN VAN IMPRE, CLAUDIO CHIAPPUCCI, LAURENT JALABERT, every famous rider worn once in his career the Maillot à pois, but only one, this extraordinary French climber, famous for all his day-long breakaways (242 km at the 95th Paris-Tours in 2001) was able to wear the polka-dot jersey for seven times between 1994 and 2004. Chapeau!
In the photo RICHARD VIRENQUE wearing the Polkadot jersey, MIGUEL INDURAIN the yellow jersey and LAURENT JALABERT the green jersey at the end of the Tour de France 1995. L’Équipe – Tour de France 100 ans
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