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Place of Birth: Casablanca, Morocco
Date of Birth: 19 November, 1969
Ethnicity: French, some Breton
Richard Virenque is a French professional road racing cyclist. He is also known as Ricco.
He was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to a French family. In 1969, they moved to La Londe-les-Maures, near the Côte d’Azur, France. He has two children with his former wife Stéphanie.
Richard’s maternal grandmother was the daughter of parents from Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, France, Yves Marie Kereveur and Gabrielle Marie Augustine Calvez. Yves was born in Langoat, the son of Yves Marie Mathurin Kereveur and Marie Yvonne Tanguy. Gabrielle was born in Lannion.
Source: Genealogy of Richard Virenque (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org