The Most Famous

CYCLISTS from Morocco

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This page contains a list of the greatest Moroccan Cyclists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,613 Cyclists, 1 of which were born in Morocco. This makes Morocco the birth place of the 47th most number of Cyclists behind Malaysia, and Kenya.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Moroccan Cyclists of all time. This list of famous Moroccan Cyclists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Richard Virenque (b. 1969)

With an HPI of 46.30, Richard Virenque is the most famous Moroccan Cyclist.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.

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, but he is best known from the general French public as one of the central figures in a widespread doping scandal in 1998, the Festina Affair, and for repeatedly denying his involvement despite damning evidence.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Moroccan cyclists born between 1969 and 1969. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Moroccan cyclists include Richard Virenque.

Living Moroccan Cyclists

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