Until the recent series of doping scandals have made it passé to dope in cycling, then lie about it, then stage a dramatic public confession seeking redemption, Richard Virenque was the poster boy. The history books, though, continue to list his seven KOM titles in the Tour de France – a record. To the extent …
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