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Bernard Hinault

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Bernard Hinault is a French former professional road cyclist known as Le Blaireau, the Badger. He won the Tour de France five times, the Giro d'Italia three times and the Vuelta a Espana twice, for ten Grand Tour wins out of thirteen entered, and was the 1980 World Road Race Champion with 147 professional victories total. He retired in 1986 and is regarded as one of the greatest cyclists of all time.

Facts
Birth Year
1954 1
Nationality
French 1
Career Highlight
147 professional victories, including five Tour de France wins; often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wikipedia, Bernard Hinault
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  • Lead sentence, Wikipedia summary extract (nationality clause)
    Bernard Hinault is a French former professional road cyclist.
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia summary extract (achievement clause)
    With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time.
  • Short description field, Wikipedia REST summary API
    French cyclist (born 1954)
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist.
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