I think Virenque really deserves this, over the other climbers that wanted it (that bastard)
20, or 60 years ago, whenever that guy raced, there wasn't an extremely tough first 10 days to burn out all of the climbers that could potentially win the KOM. While some pre-race favorites were being dropped, Virenque was sprinting away from the pack to get points.
I don't think that dislike for Virenque is about nationality. It's probably about the fact that he was a cheater for years, and that he tried to ruin those who helped him to save himself. I'm not going to like a guy simply because he wins races.... winning races shouldn't be the most honorable thing in this world.
Maybe Federico Bahamontes is doing too much focus on the numbers... the records. He was a great rider, Armstrong is a great rider, Virenque is a great rider... simple as that.