On stage 17, Hinault got left behind on the Col d'Izoard and lost the yellow jersey to LeMond, falling to third in the overall rankings, 2:47 minutes behind his teammate. [109] Even though his lead was significant, he attacked again the following day, on the descent of the Col du Tourmalet, the first climb of the day. Hinault called for the field to take a slow tempo, but when Zoetemelk's teammate Jan Raas attacked, he went after him. [122] During the podium for stage 3 of the 2008 Tour de France, a protester jumped on stage and disturbed proceedings. However, joint effort behind brought him back before the final ascent up to the ski station of Superbagnères. [24] Hinault's progress was visible, with a second consecutive victory at the Circuit de la Sarthe, a third place at the Grand Prix du Midi Libre and a win at the Tour de l'Aude, ensuring him the Prestige Pernod, the award for the best French rider of the season. Hinault finished fifth overall, and second on the time trial stage behind reigning pursuit world champion Roy Schuiten. He launched an escape, on which he rode 55 km (34 mi) solo, leading the rest of his competitors by more than six minutes by the start of the last lap. [25] In total, Hinault won 15 races in 1976. [10] Hinault took a role as "patron" with the British Team Raleigh squad for the 2014 season. [8], Hinault never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs during his professional career and was never implicated in any doping practices. Hinault gifted the stage victory to his teammate, while he clinched the overall victory almost six minutes ahead of Panizza. Bernard Hinault wins 75th Tour De France in Paris, France on July 22, 1978 - Portrait of Bernard Hinault. Mavic was put into receivership earlier in the year due to the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.[127]. However, on stage 17 to Boario Terme, Guimard and the Renault team misjudged the toughness of the climb and Hinault lost the lead to Silvano Contini. Gone. He was the selector of the French national team from 1988 to 1993. [106] In the team time trial on stage 2, Fignon and Système U gained almost two minutes on La Vie Claire, partly due to Hinault deciding that the squad would wait for two struggling riders, Niki Rüttimann and Guido Winterberg. Hinault came back and took the lead the following day on the mountain stage to Castellar de n'Hug. [58] With his tendinitis worsening, he carried on until the end of stage 12, just before the race was headed for the first high mountains in the Pyrenees. [88], By 1983, the relationship between Hinault and Guimard had deteriorated to a point where the former described their relationship as "war". Bernard Hinault è un ex ciclista su strada, pistard e ciclocrossista francese, dominatore della scena internazionale tra la fine degli anni settanta e la prima metà degli anni ottanta. Hinault won the prologue in Frankfurt, Germany, five seconds ahead of Gerrie Knetemann. Hinault leapt forward and shoved him off. Hinault hatte zuvor im Frühjahr schon den Gesamtsieg bei der Vuelta a España geholt. [79], Since 1981, Hinault had been joined at Renault by two young talents, Laurent Fignon and the American Greg LeMond. In the ensuing fist fight, Hinault suffered a broken rib. Only three weeks ago, during the Dauphiné Libéré, the young up-and-coming Hinault flew out of a curve, into a ravine. [130] To signal his authority, Hinault often symbolically rode at the front of the field, instead of in the slipstream of his teammates. It is the french 23-year Bernard Hinault cycling champion who has reported the 1978 tour de france. [70] One-and-a-half weeks earlier, he had already added a victory at the Amstel Gold Race. However, he finished the race in 59th place. When I come out again, I win. Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images His victory allowed him to wear the French tricolore jersey for the following year. He then won the Giro di Lombardia for a second time, breaking away from the group of favourites 10 km (6.2 mi) from the finish. [146][147] According to Hinault himself, the term in the first place was supposed to mean no more than "mate" or "buddy". He urged the riders to protest and ride slowly, but some did not follow his example, forcing Hinault to chase them down before he eventually left the race. After a successful amateur career, he signed with the Gitane–Campagnolo team to turn professional in 1975. Five times Tour de France winner Bernaud Hinault denies he is race's last hero on a playground in Leeds. [42] Hinault countered the next day en route to Saint-Étienne during stage 15, breaking away with Hennie Kuiper. He lost another 49 seconds to Fignon in the first long individual time trial, a discipline he had previously dominated. [23], For 1976, Hinault stayed with Gitane, as former professional Cyrille Guimard, who had just retired from cycling, took over the team and became directeur sportif. Bernard Hinault was crushing the opposition in 1980. [15] Hinault won nineteen races in his second season as an amateur, including the national junior championship against opposition a year older than him, such as future professional Bernard Vallet. Only 21 riders were left by this point. Hinault wanted to abandon, as had many others, including all but one of his teammates. At that moment the French TV audience had every reason to assume that he was lying down there with a broken back. [78], In "his most uneventful Tour",[79] Hinault never looked in trouble on his way to completing the Giro-Tour double at the Tour de France. Bernard Hinault (pronounced [bɛʁ.naʁ i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional cyclist. Robert Millar suggested that he specifically rode the way he did in 1986 to win over the French public. ", 1979: Second Tour victory and Classics success, 1983: Second Vuelta and the ascent of Fignon, Millar later in life had a gender transition and is now known as, Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana, List of Giro d'Italia general classification winners, List of Grand Tour general classification winners, List of Tour de France general classification winners, List of Tour de France secondary classification winners, List of Vuelta a España classification winners, List of Vuelta a España general classification winners, "Did the Vuelta's date change hurt the race? [137] Fellow racer Robert Millar suggested that in 1986 in particular, Hinault attempted to win over the French public by riding aggressively. Hinault, joined by Lejarreta and Vicente Belda, escaped for 80 km (50 mi), distancing Gorospe by over twenty minutes with Hinault taking victory in Ávila, sealing his second Vuelta victory. Juni bis 19. [79] His participation in the final-stage sprint was seen as an answer to critics, who had once again lamented that Hinault had ridden the Tour without panache. ", "Philippa York: 'I've known I was different since I was a five-year-old, "The Hardest Worlds? [28] In accordance with Guimard's plan to build Hinault up slowly, he did not enter the Tour de France. That year, Guimard spurred Lucien Van Impe to his only win in the Tour de France. Bernard Hinault (pronounced [bɛʁ.naʁ i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional cyclist.With 147 professional victories, including five in the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. With 147 professional victories,[1] including five in the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. [133], Hinault was however not always successful in his endeavours. "LeMond and Hinault Near Fisticuffs! [85] In his absence, teammate Fignon won the event on his first attempt. Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France, 1982. It had been a race of attrition with only 15 out of 107 riders reaching the finish. With his new team, he raced the 1984 Tour de France, being savaged by Fignon. The riders' strike at Valence d'Agen in the 1978 Tour is cited as the first instance in which Hinault assumed this role. When it's hunted it goes into its sett and waits. [40] On stage 12a, from Tarbes to Valence-d'Agen, he firmly imprinted his authority on the race, although not by riding. A star for ever. This drew him a formal warning by Guimard for his conduct. [18] On the road, he took part in the Étoile des Espoirs, a race open to amateurs and young professionals. After his cycling career, Hinault turned to farming, while fulfilling enforcement duties for the organisers of the Tour de France until 2016. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images After the 1980 edition, he had said to organiser Goddet: "You will never see me in this circus again. The next day however, on a stage containing cobbled sections, Hinault suffered two punctures, losing almost four minutes and the race lead to Zoetemelk. Urs Zimmermann, who had been second overall at the start of the day, lost more than five minutes. Six days before the race started, he had won La Flèche Wallonne for a second time. Their directeur sportif became Swiss coach Paul Köchli, who had made a name for himself with innovative and effective training methods, leaving Hinault a lot of freedom while at the same time scientifically measuring his progress. 1985, Bernard Hinault lit L'Equipe pendant la dernière étape, il remporte son 5ème Tour ! He also competed in track cycling, winning the national pursuit championship. LeMond meanwhile followed an attack by Roche, but was forbidden by the team to cooperate to distance Hinault. [104][105] Hinault finished third in the prologue, two seconds ahead of LeMond and Fignon. Insieme ad Alberto Contador, è l'unico ciclista nella storia ad aver vinto … On stage 5, a time trial to Pisa, Hinault took over the race leader's pink jersey. Fignon could only manage fourth, more than two minutes behind. Juli 1978 statt. After his retirement, they moved to a farm 64 km (40 mi) away in Brittany. Next, he won the Trofeo Baracchi, a two-man time trial, in which he competed with Moser. [22] However, Hinault showed little willingness to learn the basic trades of cycling from Stablinski, often escaping early in the race instead of learning how to ride inside the peloton. He then took victory at the Four Days of Dunkirk. [83] Due to the tightly fought battle between Hinault and his Spanish competitors, the 1983 race is described on the Vuelta's website as "one of the most beautiful and spectacular" editions. Hinault claimed to have been annoyed into attacking by one of Gandarias's teammates and offered to carry him to the finish. They hoped that Hinault would be able to reproduce a feat Eddy Merckx had achieved in 1974, winning the Giro, the Tour and the World Championship in the same year. In his last Tour de France stage into Paris, he took part in the final sprint, taking fourth place. Bernard Hinault receives the final maillot jaune from the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, after the final stage on the Champs-Elysees. Hinault started cycling as an amateur in his native Brittany. This secured Hinault a record-equalling fifth Tour victory, by just under two minutes over his younger teammate. While in the leader's jersey on the penultimate stage to Grenoble, Hinault attacked up the Col de Porte, leading Van Impe and Bernard Thévenet by 1:30 minutes when crossing the summit. Die 65.Tour de France fand vom 29. When it comes out again, it attacks. [29], This incident was mentioned from a semi-pro rider's perspective in the Tim Krabbé book De Renner (The Rider) when the main character is about to descend a Col in the Tour de Mont Aigoual: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, Curves. When he started to slow, Fignon caught up to him and eventually dropped Hinault, who lost a further three minutes. [84], During the Vuelta, Hinault's tendinitis returned. It is always the absent rider who is at fault. The riders had been complaining about split stages, where more than one would be held on one day, as was the case on 12 July. By 1982, debates about his personality started to appear more and more in the media. [52], Hinault and Guimard then turned their attention to the only Grand Tour he had not won yet: the Giro d'Italia. Hinault eventually finished the stage just over a minute behind LeMond. Hinault then made the decisive move of the race on stage 20, when he attacked on the tough climb of the Stelvio Pass. Some are born to be workers, others to be in charge. Hinault therefore entered the race as the favourite. Journalist Felix Magowan wrote: "Before today's strike, people were asking if the Tour had a boss. At this stage, he led Zoetemelk by 1:48 minutes, with third-placed Kuiper already more than 12 minutes behind. [99], In the Tour de France, Fignon did not take part due to an Achilles heel injury. He bounced back at the La Flèche Wallonne classic in April, when he caught up to a breakaway by Giuseppe Saronni and Bernt Johansson, outsprinting the former to win the race. "[63], Hinault returned from the disappointment of the Tour to start at the World Championship road race, held on a very tough parcours in Sallanches, France, often named the hardest course in the history of the event. He eventually found himself in a group with several other riders, while Zoetemelk was distanced. He started athletics there, becoming a runner and finishing tenth in the French junior cross-country championship in 1971. [9] Martine later served as mayor of Calorguen. He looked set for victory after the first two weeks, having taken a significant lead after wins in the stage 3 time trial and stage 12 to Campitello Matese. At a race in Hillion, he and René escaped from the field and reached the finish alone. Die Rundfahrt endete mit einem relativ deutlichen Sieg des Franzosen Bernard Hinault. [102], Even though Hinault had pledged support for LeMond for the Tour de France, a lot of public attention was given to the possibility of him winning a record sixth Tour. Within the peloton, Hinault assumed the role of patron, exercising authority over races he took part in. He then relinquished his lead to Roberto Visentini, who was not considered to be a contender for the final victory. Aided by a crash from LeMond, Hinault won the stage, but gained back only 25 seconds, conceding defeat after the stage. La Vie Claire won the stage 3 team time trial by over a minute. He also won the next stage into Pau. [44], The 1979 season started slowly for an off-form Hinault. [89] Hinault forced a choice on the Renault team to either release him or oust Guimard. Guimard and Hinault got along well, and the latter was kept out of the high-profile races for 1976, instead focussing on a steady improvement in lesser known races such as Paris–Camembert, which he won. He was unable to join the army's training centre for young athletes and instead served in Sissonne with the 21st Marine Infantry Regiment. [51] A week later, he scored one of his most memorable wins at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. [138], Hinault was not known to particularly enjoy going on training rides, unless he was specifically preparing for an event. [131] His riding style has been described as "fighting, full of aggression", and he stated that when he did not feel good in a race, his reaction would be to attack. This was his last season as an amateur and again was highly successful, including a victory in his home town of Yffiniac towards the end of the year, where an alliance formed by four other riders was unable to hold him back. He aimed to win, showing a lot of effort in his preparation. [81] Later in the season, Hinault added another victory at the Grand Prix des Nations. When I'm annoyed I go home, you don't see me for a month. This also secured him the overall victory ahead of eventual Tour winner Thévenet. He was handed a one-month suspended ban and fined CHF 1,110, though the penalty was never enforced. Zoetemelk now was only 12 seconds behind Hinault. ", "Crowning achievement: How Stephen Roche completed his shock Triple Crown", "1980 : Hinault, Maillot jaune, abandonne en larmes", "Bernard Hinault: The greatest of them all? [98] Together, they entered the Giro d'Italia. He would often greet his training partners in a night gown when they arrived on time for training or have an easy day of training that included stops at a bakery for cake. Soprannominato "le Blaireau", è considerato uno dei più grandi campioni della storia del ciclismo. [13], For 1972, Hinault was allowed to race with the over-18s. [59] He left the race at night, not informing the press, which led to a fallout with the media that took years to recover. Bernard Hinault winning the prologue. If you didn't know the Badger you would wonder how long it would take for him to get back to what he had been. Today that was answered. "[141], With a résumé of victories that includes all three Grand Tours (all of them more than once), the World Road Championships and a number of classics, Hinault has often been cited among the greatest cyclists of all time. [113] He ended his final Tour de France second overall, 3:10 minutes behind LeMond. The next finisher, Joaquim Agostinho, was almost half an hour behind the winner. Hinault retired shortly thereafter. Hinault attacked repeatedly, but reached the bottom of Alpe d'Huez with LeMond. As of 2020[update] he is the most recent French winner of the Tour de France. [111], Stage 20 saw the final time trial and the last chance for Hinault to overcome LeMond's advantage. "[30], At the end of the season, Hinault won the Grand Prix des Nations, an individual time trial, with a substantial margin of 3:15 minutes ahead of favourite Joop Zoetemelk. [62] Insinuations that Zoetemelk's victory had been a gift through Hinault's absence were countered by Hinault himself: "My problems were of my own making. After the finish, he publicly pledged that he would support LeMond's bid for a first Tour victory the following year. The pair gained more than four-and-a-half minutes on LeMond, with Delgado taking the stage win. [119][120] On 19 September, he won his last competitive race, a criterium in Angers, France. As they reached the valley, the road was blocked by protesters, unhappy with the announced closure of a dockyard at La Ciotat. I was absent and he took my place. [17] Returning to competition overweight, Hinault managed to win his first race of 1974. He then competed in the Critérium National de la Route. He ultimately finished the Tour in second place, a significant ten minutes behind Fignon. [60][61] In Hinault's absence, Zoetemelk duly won his only Tour de France. [104] Any signs of appeasement between the rivalling teammates was shattered by Hinault in a television interview shortly after the stage finish, when he declared that the race was not yet over, even though he trailed LeMond by 2:45 minutes. Up the finishing climb in Grenoble, he briefly dismounted, still shocked from the near-death experience and pushed his bike for about 20 m (22 yd), before remounting and winning the stage eighty seconds ahead of Van Impe. Hinault regained the yellow jersey after the first time trial and won the overall classification easily. During his active career, Hinault was known as the patron of the field, meaning the rider with the highest authority. “All their tactics are targeting you, so you have to work out a way of managing that. [8] Hinault had bought the 48 ha (120 acres) property near Calorguen in 1983. When they reached the finishing town, they dismounted their bikes and walked to the finish line in protest. [61][142] The Historical Dictionary of Cycling describes him as "one of the best riders ever". He now led his teammate by only forty seconds in the general classification. The following day brought the last mountain stage and Renault put pressure on Gorospe from early on. ", "I'll stir things up to help Greg win, and I'll have fun doing it. Mystery surrounding the tests on Bernard Hinault’s right knee was the big story following the Tour de France.. Hinault himself had sand thrown into his eyes, but won the stage nonetheless, only to find that the results would not count due to the surrounding circumstances. He recovered the following year, winning another Giro-Tour double with the help of teammate Greg LeMond. His parents were farmers, and the children often had to help out at harvest time. A total of 15,000 people attended the event. Hinault attacked on the Rampe de Laffrey, but Fignon was able to respond. Hinault… Wählen Sie aus erstklassigen Inhalten zum Thema Hinault Bernard in höchster Qualität. On stage 17, he showed signs of weakness and was unable to stay with the other leaders on the Col du Tourmalet. At the Dauphiné Libéré, he came second to Martín Ramírez, who later claimed that Hinault and his team had tried to intimidate him during the final stage of the race. [94], The Tour de France was made out to be the big duel between Hinault and Fignon, who had just won the French National Championship. Zoetemelk finished 3:07 minutes behind Hinault, but then had ten minutes added to his time for failing a doping test. That night, Hinault and Guimard told the race organisers, Jacques Goddet and Félix Lévitan, that he would abandon the race, while still in the lead. After the race, he made two failed attempts to get back into racing, but eventually announced that he would miss the Tour de France. [14] The young Hinault was heavily influenced by his trainer at the Club Olympique Briochin, Robert Le Roux, who had earlier worked with 1965 World Champion Tom Simpson. Meanwhile, Fignon fell behind and later abandoned the race. Hinault then climbed back onto the road, took a new bike and without showing any hesitation, continued on. On stage 4 of the Vuelta, Fignon attacked and won, but Lejarreta, the defending champion, had followed him and gained time on Hinault. [97], For 1985, Greg LeMond switched teams from Renault to join Hinault at La Vie Claire. Like Anquetil, Hinault did not suffer fools gladly and his five wins were marked with a series of rows with rivals and team-mates alike. [114][115] Hinault's repeated attacks during the race and refusal to concede defeat irritated LeMond, who felt betrayed by Hinault's lack of loyalty. Armstrong later clarified that he had spoken about the time when he was riding (1999–2005). Finden Sie perfekte Stock-Fotos zum Thema Hinault Bernard sowie redaktionelle Newsbilder von Getty Images. Offers from Bouygues Télécom and a Chinese investor in the mid-2000s fell through. On that stage, he bridged over to escapee Andrés Gandarias, who had earlier asked for Hinault's permission to attack. He then clinched the yellow jersey in the final time trial, gaining more than four minutes to win his first Tour de France with an advantage of 3:56 minutes. "[69] However, he returned for 1981, saying that he did so out of respect for his stature as World Champion. Bernard Hinault chases down an attacking Joop Zoeltemelk on the Champs-Elysées on the final stage of the 1979 Tour de France to win the stage and the yellow jersey. Il y a quarante ans, Bernard Hinault participait à son premier Tour de France. The arrival of the most prestigious cycling race in the world $ 'is deroulee on the avenue champs-elysees, paris. I'm afraid, and for good reason. Hinault gained another minute on stage 16, before Zoetemelk regained 47 seconds up Alpe d'Huez three days later. [66][67] Hinault had broken away about 80 km (50 mi) from the finish with several riders. Hinault was now in the lead of the general classification, 5:25 minutes ahead of LeMond. He joined forces with businessman Bernard Tapie to form the new La Vie Claire squad. [37], In the Tour de France, Hinault fell behind early to challenger Zoetemelk when Renault lost two minutes to Mercier during the team time trial. Stuart Clarke July 26, … [57] Hinault finished only fifth on stage 11's individual time trial, won by Zoetemelk. [74] Amidst media criticism that he was riding too defensively in the mountains, he also took victory in the Alps on a stage to Le Pleynet. The decision to turn professional relatively early was in part taken as, had Hinault raced the 1975 season as an amateur, he would have likely been prevented by the French cycling federation from turning professional before the 1976 Summer Olympics to be part of the French team there. Hinault had however suffered damage to his left knee on the stage to Lille. [107] Hinault then won the time trial on stage 9, gaining an additional 44 seconds on LeMond, who suffered a broken wheel and had to change his bike. Trailing Raymond Martin by more than two minutes before the final 22 km (14 mi) time trial, he made up his significant deficit and won the event. He also took the next stage in a slightly uphill sprint finish. [5] Their first son, Mickael, was born in 1975,[6] with a second, Alexandre, in 1981. He received his own bike when he was 15 as a reward for passing his school examinations, and used it to travel to college. [4], In December 1974, just before turning professional, Hinault married Martine, who he had met at a family wedding the year before. The following day, stage 16 to Alpe d'Huez, ended with Zoetemelk, Hinault and the temporary leader of the general classification and thus yellow jersey wearer Michel Pollentier separated by only 18 seconds. At the end of the year, he came sixth at the World Championship Road Race, being beaten to the line for fifth by Eddy Merckx. The family lived in a cottage named La Clôture, built shortly after Hinault was born. Three weeks later, Hinault won Gent–Wevelgem in a solo effort after an attack 30 km (19 mi) from the finish. [140] Unlike a rider like Eddy Merckx, Hinault would not aim to win every race he entered. Es nahmen 150 Rennfahrer an der Rundfahrt teil, von denen 121 klassifiziert wurden. [116][117], After the Tour, Hinault won the Coors Classic race in the United States, ahead of LeMond. Hinault ist nach seinem Tour de France-Sieg 1985 der seitdem letzte Franzose, der den Wettbewerb gewinnen konnte. In January 1975, Hinault turned professional with the Gitane–Campagnolo team, run by former World Champion Jean Stablinski, on a lean wage of 2,500 francs per month. On stage 8, a time trial to Strasbourg, Hinault took back the race lead, winning the stage by more than two minutes ahead of Stephen Roche. In short, Hinault is a living legend. [86] Hinault tried another comeback at a post-Tour criterium,[d] but the pain returned and he did not race for the remainder of the season. [43] Following his Tour win, he finished fifth at the World Championships, before once more winning the Grand Prix des Nations, this time ahead of Francesco Moser. Following the second time trial, Hinault was only seventh on general classification, two minutes behind his adversary. Half hopes became quarter hopes in exactly 8 minutes and 47 seconds, the time it took Hinault to fly around the opening 6.8 km prologue time trial. [9] Just two weeks after he ended his career, the Tour de France organisers, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), approached Hinault and invited him to join the race management team. 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