Léonce Rudelle

Léonce Rudelle is an old man from southern France, locally notorious for his smart engineering work.

He came to internet popularity after a local TV report was uploaded on Youtube. The report includes memorable quotes, dialectal French and an epic bike ride at the end.

This La Depeche article reports that on June 2008, the original video itself gathered about 137 000 views.

The original TV report

Leonce Rudelle showing off his bike at local events

Spoofs

Getting stalked by fans in a supermarket

His Facebook fanpage has over 10000 fans.