Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional cyclist. He won 147 professional races, including five Tour de France titles. As of 2020, he is the most recent French winner of the Tour. He turned to farming after retiring from cycling in 1986. He has a son, Mickael, and a daughter, Alexandre.
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Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional cyclist. He won 147 professional races, including five Tour de France titles. As of 2020, he is the most recent French winner of the Tour. He is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. He turned to farming after retiring from cycling in 1986. He has a son, Mickael, and a daughter, Alexandre, with his wife Martine. He was known by the nickname le blaireau due to his aggressive nature on the bike. His son Mickael won the Tour of France in 2011. He also won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race in 2012. He retired from cycling at the end of the 2014 season. He now runs a farm in Calorguen, near Yffiniac, in Brittany. His wife, Martine, served as mayor of CalorgUen for two years before her death in 2013. He currently lives with his family on a 48-ha property near Calorgouen, in the south of the province of Brittany. The couple have two sons, Mickaele and Alexandre. HinaULT won the Giro d’Italia in 1979 and the Vuelta a España in 1978. In 1982, he won a Giro-Tour double with the help of teammate Greg LeMond. In 1986, he engaged in an intra-team rivalry with LeMond, who won his first of three Tours. In 2011, he bought a farm 64 km away in Brittany, where he now lives and works as a farmer.
He and his wife have two children, Mickaéle and Alexandre, who were born in 1975 and 1981, respectively. In 2013, he announced he would retire from cycling after the 2014 Tour deFrance. He said he would not retire until after the 2015 Tour. In 2014, he said he was ready to retire at the age of 50. He still has a wife and two children. He started cycling as an amateur in 1971. He entered his first race on 2 May 1971 and won five races. In 1971 he entered the Olympique Briochin in Planguen. In 1972 he won the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic. In 1977 he won two Grand Tours: the Vuelt a EspAña and the Tour De France. In 1979 he added another Tour victory and a win at the 1980 Giro. In 1981 he won another Tour and the World Championship road race. In 1984, he raced the 1984 Tour de. France, being savaged by his teammate Laurent Fignon. In 1985 he won his third Tour. After his retirement, he became the most successful French cyclist. In 2012 he won five stage races in one-day races and one day races. He became a father for the first time in his career. He had two children with Martine in 1975, and another in 1981.
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