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.
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Career Highlight147 professional victories, including five Tour de France wins; often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. 1 Classification
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Bernard Hinault is a French former professional road cyclist.
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With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time.
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French cyclist (born 1954)
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no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist.
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