Bernard Hinault
Frenchman Bernard Hinault leads a group of breakaways as they ride down the Col d'Aspin during the 3rd stage of the Tour de France between Luchon and Pau on June 30, 1979. Hinault won the stage in a sprint finish beating Belgian Rudy Pevenage and Italian Gian-Battista Barronchelli and went on to capture his second consecutive Tour de France's victory in Paris, winning seven stages overall.
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Dales-inspired Tour de France garden wins Chelsea Flower Show accolade
de France Director Christian Prudhomme (right) and former five times winner Bernard Hinault (left) visit the Yorkshire Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Wire A GARDEN celebrating Yorkshire’s hosting of the 2014 Grand Départ from The Northern Echo Read more »
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Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome join greats of the team-mate tiff
Visentini was barely able to speak about the episode, so bitter were the memories it engendered. The contest between Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond, again riding for the same team, in the 1986 Tour, did not plumb these depths but the intrigue was more intense, from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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The Giro-Tour double: Cycling’s elusive feat
The Italian legend did it again in 1952. Jacques Anquetil (1964), Stephen Roche (1987), and Pantani all did it once. Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain each won twice, in 1982 and 1985, and 1992-93, respectively. Eddy Merckx, the standard-bearer of any cycling from Competitor.com Read more »
