This one got cited by Bicycling Magazine, which was pretty cool.

Cyril Dessel had just supplanted Voekler as the darling of the French in the ’06 Tour. He even placed just ahead of teammate Moreau.

Virenque had retired by the time we started doing Toto, but it’s a testament to his massive dickishness that he became a recurring character nevertheless.

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Our first citation! Our opportunity to confuse a wider audience. My usual tendency is to put Virenque into clam diggers and move on. I will still never understand the French public’s fascination with Dicky.