I stand corrected. Van Impe and Bahamontes shared the record until Virenque broke it. There was a CycleSport article last year about these guys, and the viewpoint of the article was that Virenque was not in the class with the other two, his 7 jerseys notwithstanding. That can always be debated, but I agree. If nothing else because both Bahamontes and Van Impe each won a Tour overall, and were GC contenders several other times. I don't ever remember Virenque being a serious GC contender, except maybe in the dreams of French media.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
Brett Horton <bretthorton@thehortoncollection.com> wrote: I might be mistaken, but I thought a guy named Virenque holds the KOM title with 7, followed by Van Impe and Bahamontes at 6.
Were you perhaps speaking of number of days wearing the KOM jersey?
Brett Horton San Francisco, CA
Jerry Moos wrote: Lucien Van Impe, who holds the record for most TdF KoM jointly with Bahamontes, also (like Bahamontes) won the overall once.