What chance do the French have at this year’s Tour? 06:56 May 18 2013 from The Roar

natural advantage. But they might be surprised to discover no Frenchman has stood on top of the podium since 1985, when Bernard Hinault took the last of his five wins. The question that comes to mind is why? Why have the French not been able to take a win

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Cavendish: ‘If I don’t win, I lose’ 06:26 May 16 2013 from Competitor.com

old, he boasts 39, tying him for sixth on the all-time list with Learca Guerra and Delio Rodríguez. He’s closing in on Bernard Hinault (42), Alfredo Binda (43), and Alessandro Petacchi (48). Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini is second on the all-time list with

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Can Cadel do it at the Giro d’Italia? 05:04 May 16 2013 from The Roar

on now. The focus is on taking home the pink jersey and entering an elite club occupied by the likes of Eddy Mercx and Bernard Hinault – winning more than one Grand Tour in a career as well as becoming the first Australian to win the Giro. The race is far

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Analysis: Handicapping the Giro field after the first week 12:20 May 13 2013 from Competitor.com

trial, by his standards, and rides into the second half of the Giro poised for a run at the maglia rosa. What he has to do: As Bernard Hinault always says when asked what someone has to do to win the Tour, the Badger replies: “Attack, attack, attack!” Sometimes

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Cycling: Sky limit Bradley Wiggins' ambition 11:01 May 06 2013 from Daily Express

not lead the Tour de France team, he will be the first defending champion not to do so since 1986, when five-time winner Bernard Hinault was told Greg LeMond would take his top spot. That year’s Tour became a ferocious duel between the pair, with LeMond winning

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Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome join greats of the team-mate tiff 07:12 May 04 2013 from Guardian Unlimited

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,

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The Giro-Tour double: Cycling’s elusive feat 12:19 May 03 2013 from Competitor.com

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

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Short Sport, January 26, 2013 08:51 Jan 25 2013 from SCMP

will overcome scandal, Hinault says French cycling great Bernard Hinault insisted yesterday that the sport would recover from the Lance Armstrong doping controversy. Hinault, who won the Tour de France five times in the period from 1978 to 1985, was speaking

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French great says cycling will recover 08:16 Jan 25 2013 from Times of India

French cycling great Bernard Hinault insisted Friday the sport will recover from the Lance Armstrong doping controversy. Hinault, who won the Tour de France five times in the period from 1978 to 1985, was speaking at the UCI season-opening Tour Down Under

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