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Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. He is also one of only four cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each Grand Tour more than once. His first place Tour de France achievements were in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985. In addition, he placed second in 1984 and 1986 and won 28 stages, of which 13 were individual time trials. The other four cyclists to have achieved at least five first place victories in the Tour de France are Jacques Anquetil (1964), Eddy Merckx (1974), Miguel Induráin (1995) and Lance Armstrong (2003). The French call Hinault Le Blaireau (the Badger) because of his personality: fiercely independent, outspoken, quick to take offense and often quick with a riposte. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ...
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The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1978. ...
The 1979 Tour de France was the 66th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 22, 1979. ...
The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 19, 1981. ...
The 1982 Tour de France was the 69th Tour de France, taking place July 2 to July 25, 1982. ...
The 1985 Tour de France saw Bernard Hinault attempt to equal the records of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx of winning the Tour de France for the fifth time. ...
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Biography
Cycling Career Hinault, born in the town of Yffiniac in Brittany started his professional cycling career in 1974. In the beginning of his career he was closely associated with Cyrille Guimard, an innovator in cycling and Directeur Sportif of the Renault team. Taking Guimard's advice, Hinault did not enter Tour de France in 1977 in order to better prepare for the 1978 Tour de France, which he won. He was immediately hailed as the next great French cyclist and won the Tour again in 1979. In the 1980 Tour de France he was forced to abandon while wearing the yellow jersey because of a knee injury, but he returned to victory in the following two years, 1981 and 1982. He missed the Tour in 1983, again because of knee problems. During his absence, his teammate Laurent Fignon rose to prominence by winning the Tour in 1983. In the 1984 Tour de France Fignon won the race with Hinault second at more than 10 minutes behind. Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical kingdom, duchy and French province, as well as one of the Celtic Nations . ...
Cyrille Guimard is a French former professional racing cyclist who became famous as the directeur sportif for two famous French cyclists and Tour de France winners: Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon. ...
Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ...
The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1978. ...
The 1979 Tour de France was the 66th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 22, 1979. ...
The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th Tour de France. ...
Maillot jaune (French for yellow jersey) is the t-shirt worn by the current overall leader of many bicycles races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. ...
The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 19, 1981. ...
The 1982 Tour de France was the 69th Tour de France, taking place July 2 to July 25, 1982. ...
The 1983 Tour de France was the 70th Tour de France, and was won by French rider Laurent Fignon. ...
Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ...
At the 1984 Tour de France, the 71st Tour de France, French rider Laurent Fignon won his second consecutive Tour, beating teammate Bernard Hinault by over 10 minutes. ...
Disagreements with Guimard led to their separation, and by the mid-1980s Hinault had become associated with the Swiss coach Paul Koechli and the La Vie Claire team. Koechli introduced meditation and relaxation methods that helped Hinault to return to the Tour with a victory in 1985. That year he rode much of the race with a black eye received in a serious crash. In the 1985 Tour Hinault's lieutenant Greg LeMond was under strong pressure from Koechli and his team manager to support Hinault and not try for a victory of his own. Years later, LeMond claimed in an interview that they had lied to him about his lead over Hinault in a mountain stage, thus forcing him to lose several minutes and his chance for a first Tour victory. The 1985 Tour de France saw Bernard Hinault attempt to equal the records of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx of winning the Tour de France for the fifth time. ...
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Hinault also entered the 1986 Tour, ostensibly to return LeMond's favor of the previous year and help LeMond win his first Tour. Hinault rode a very aggressive race, which he insisted was only in order to deter and demoralize their rivals. He claimed that his tactics were simply to wear down LeMond's (and his) opponents and that he ultimately knew that LeMond would be the winner because of time losses earlier in the race. Regardless of his true motives, this tactic worked well, and rivals Laurent Fignon and Urs Zimmermann were put on the defensive from the first day. Laurent Fignon quit the race due to injuries aggravated by stress. In the Alpe d'Huez stage Hinault mounted an early attack that gained a lot of time, unsettling LeMond to the point where he felt that he had to chase down Hinault. Despite all this, Hinault claimed that his tactic that day was to simply wear the opponents down by forcing them to chase him first, such that LeMond can beat them later in the stage. At any rate, by this point Hinault had conceded time to LeMond in the general classification of the race. The 1986 Tour de France is one of the most memorable to American fans, due to Greg LeMond becoming the first American to win Tour de France. ...
Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ...
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In addition to the Tour de France, Hinault was very successful in other cycling events, with more than 200 professional victories over his twelve year professional career. In 1980, he won the World Cycling Championship in Sallanches, France. In the other two Grand Tours, he won the Giro d'Italia in 1980, 1982 and 1985, and the Vuelta a España in 1978 and 1983. He also had first place victories in one-day Classics including Paris-Roubaix (1981) and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1977, 1980). His victory in the 1980 Liège-Bastogne-Liège is particularly memorable because of a horrible snow storm that besieged the race from the start. Hinault made a solo attack and finished nearly 10 minutes ahead of his next rival. The professional World Cycling Championship is a one-day cycling event organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and is a single massed start road race, the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. ...
The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ...
The Vuelta a España bicycle race is one of the three Grand Tours of Europe and, after the Tour de France and the Giro dItalia, the third most important road cycling stage race in the world. ...
The Classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional cycling road races in Europe. ...
Begun in 1896, Paris-Roubaix, third of the ten UCI World Cup races, has become the most famous single-day bicycle road race. ...
Liège-Bastogne-Liège, often called La Doyenne (the oldest woman), is one of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest. ...
Le Patron Hinault is widely considered to have been the last boss of the peloton or "le Patron". He successfully led a riders' strike in 1978 to protest split stages in the Tour, in which the riders had to ride a stage in the morning and another one in the afternoon. He also imposed discipline and often cooperation among riders, once decreeing that "there will be no attacks today because tomorrow's stage will be difficult". He was respected for his stance on the side of the riders but was feared by many of them for his temperament. If he felt slighted by another rider he would not hesitate to use his great strength to humiliate the offender. To his public, Hinault was often seen as arrogant, remote and frustratingly shy of publicity. When an interviewer suggested that he might perhaps devote more attention to his fans he replied, famously, "I race to win, not to please people". Hinault was also known as a prankster. He once invited reporters to view a film of a recent victory, only to show them a pornographic film instead and have a laugh at their expense.
Retirement After retiring from professional cycling in 1986, Hinault returned to farming in his native Brittany and worked for the Tour de France race organization, often appearing at stage finishes to greet the stage winners and jersey holders. He also worked for LOOK Cycles as a technical consultant and helped develop the Look clipless safety pedal. LOOK, established at Nevers, France in 1951, was originally a ski equipment manufacturer. ...
Professional Highlights Pro Team Sponsors: - Gitane: 1977
- Renault: 1978-1983
- La Vie Claire: 1984-1986
Notable Victories: Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ...
- Tour de France (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985)
- Giro d'Italia (1980, 1982, 1985)
- Vuelta a Espana (1978, 1983)
- Grand Prix des Nations (1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984)
- World Road Cycling Championship (1980)
- Paris-Roubaix (1981)
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1977, 1979, 1981)
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1977, 1980)
- Giro di Lombardia (1979, 1984)
- La Flèche Wallonne (1979, 1983)
- Amstel Gold Race (1981)
Hinault also won the season-long Super Prestige Pernod International competition four consecutive times up to 1982, equalling Jacques Anquetil's total. The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is a long-distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ...
The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ...
The Vuelta a España bicycle race is one of the three Grand Tours of Europe and, after the Tour de France and the Giro dItalia, the third most important road cycling stage race in the world. ...
The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (a race against the clock or contre la montre) for Europes leading professional racing cyclists. ...
The professional World Cycling Championship is a one-day cycling event organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and is a single massed start road race, the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. ...
Begun in 1896, Paris-Roubaix, third of the ten UCI World Cup races, has become the most famous single-day bicycle road race. ...
The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ...
Liège-Bastogne-Liège, often called La Doyenne (the oldest woman), is one of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest. ...
The Tour of Lombardy (Italian: Giro di Lombardia) is an Italian cycling race. ...
La Flèche Wallonne is a major professional cycle road race held in April each year in Belgium. ...
The Amstel Gold Race is a road cycling race held (mostly) in the southern part of the province of Limburg, The Netherlands. ...
The UCI World Cup was a season-long competition for European professional racing cyclists, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of competitive cycling. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. ...
Quotes - "I slept like a baby the night before, because I knew that I'd win the next day," on winning the World Championship at Saalanches, France, in 1980.
- "In the beginning of the year, I choose a few races that I want to win. Other than those races, I'm willing to work for others."
- "Cyrille Guimard does not listen to you, but in the races he is a tactical genius," on his relationship with former manager / directeur sportif Cyrille Guimard.
- "As long as I breathe, I attack."
- "He has a head, two arms, two legs, just as I," in reference to whether he fears Eddy Merckx.
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See also This is a list of certified and recognised cycling records as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale, International Human Powered Vehicle Association, Guinness World Records, International Olympic Committee or other accepted authorities. ...
Reference - Memories of the peloton by Bernard Hinault, Vitesse Press, ©1989., ISBN 0941950239
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