Bernard Hinault

Bernard Hinault

Hinault at the 1982 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Bernard Hinault
Nickname	Le Patron, Le Blaireau
Born	(1954-11-14) 14 November 1954 Yffiniac, Brittany, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1975–1977	Gitane-Campagnolo
1978–1983	Renault-Elf-Gitane
1984–1986	La Vie Claire
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General Classification (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985) Points Classification (1979) Mountain Classification (1986) Combativity award (1981, 1984, 1986) Combination Classification (1981, 1982) 28 individual stages (1978–1986) Giro d'Italia General Classification (1980, 1982, 1985) 6 individual stages (1980, 1982, 1985) Vuelta a España General Classification (1978, 1983) 7 individual stages (1978, 1983) Stage races Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1977, 1979, 1981) Tour de Romandie (1980) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1980) National Road Race Championships (1978) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1977, 1980) Giro di Lombardia (1979, 1984) Paris–Roubaix (1981) La Flèche Wallonne (1979, 1983) Gent–Wevelgem (1977) Amstel Gold Race (1981) Grand Prix des Nations (1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984) Other Super Prestige Pernod International (1979–1982)
Medal record Representing  France Road bicycle racing World Championships 1980 Salanches Road race 1981 Prague Road race

Bernard Hinault (pronounced: [bɛʁ.naʁ i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former cyclist who won the Tour de France five times.

He is one of only six cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and one of two cyclists to have won each more than once (the other being Alberto Contador). He won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985. He came second in 1984 and 1986 and won 28 stages, of which 13 were individual time trials. The other three to have achieved five Tour de France victories are Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain; of these, Hinault is the only one to have finished either first or second in each Tour de France he finished. He remains the last French winner of the Tour de France.

Hinault was nicknamed Le Blaireau (either "the shaving brush" or "the badger"), as he would often do a hairband, thus resembling a shaving brush. However, his nickname is typically translated as "badger" by Anglophone cycling commentators and enthusiasts. In an interview in the French magazine Vélo, however, Hinault said the badger nickname had nothing to do with the animal. He said it was a local cyclists' way of saying "mate" or "buddy" in his youth – "How's it going, badger?" – and that it came to refer to him personally. According to Maurice Le Guilloux, a long-time team-mate of Hinault, he and Georges Talbourdet first used the nickname when the three riders trained together in their native Brittany in the early years of Hinault's professional career.^[1]

Professional career

1975–1977: Gitane

Hinault started professional cycling in 1974. Hinault became friends with Cyrille Guimard, who was ending his career in part due to a knee injury. Guimard became a directeur sportif for the Gitane team and Hinault joined his team. In 1976, Hinault scored an early victory in Paris–Camembert. He demonstrated his time trial strength as he maintained his thin lead to the finish. That year, Guimard spurred Lucien Van Impe to his only win in the Tour de France. Taking Guimard's advice, Hinault did not enter in 1977. Yet he had demonstrated his talent in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré where he beat many Tour favourites including eventual winner Bernard Thévenet. Of note in the Dauphiné Libéré that year was one of the mountain stages. Hinault, wearing the yellow jersey, was at the front after an attack on the ascent and heading for victory. But he crashed descending the mountain, climbed up from the roadside and got back on his bike for the win in Bastille of Grenoble.

1978–1983: Renault

Hinault at the 1978 Tour de France

To prepare for the 1978 Tour de France, Hinault rode his first grand tour, the Vuelta a España. He won and felt ready for his first Tour de France. Before the Tour, he won the national championship, which allowed him to wear the tricolour. This tour became a battle with Joop Zoetemelk, Hinault taking the yellow jersey after the final time trial. He was hailed as the next great French cyclist and won the Tour again in 1979.

At the start of the 1980 season Hinault and Guimard's aim for the season was to win cycling's Triple Crown – the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the world championships, which had previously only been won in the same year by Eddy Merckx. Hinault won that year's Giro, clinching the race with an attack on the Stelvio Pass.^[2] In the 1980 Tour de France he abandoned the race while wearing the yellow jersey because of a knee injury but he returned to win the world championship in Sallanches that year.

The following year, 1981, wearing the rainbow jersey, he won Paris–Roubaix and returned to victory in the 1981 Tour and then again in 1982. He missed the Tour in 1983, again because of knee problems. The organiser, Jacques Goddet, said in his autobiography L'Équipée Belle that Hinault's problems came from pushing gears that were too high. During Hinault's absence, his teammate Laurent Fignon rose to prominence by winning the Tour in 1983.

1984–1986: La Vie Claire

In the 1984 Tour de France Fignon won with Hinault second at more than 10 minutes. Disagreements with Guimard led to their separation, and by the mid-1980s Hinault had become associated with the Swiss coach Paul Koechli and the La Vie Claire team. Koechli introduced meditation and relaxation, and these helped Hinault return to the Tour with a victory in 1985. That year he rode much of the race with a black eye after a crash. In 1985 Hinault's lieutenant Greg LeMond was under pressure from Koechli and his team manager to support Hinault and not try for victory. Years later, LeMond claimed in an interview that they had lied about his lead over Hinault in a mountain stage, forcing him to lose several minutes and his chance of victory.

Hinault also rode the 1986 Tour, ostensibly to return LeMond's favor of the previous year and help him win. Hinault rode an aggressive race, which he insisted was to demoralize rivals. He claimed his tactics were to wear down opponents and that he knew LeMond would win. Laurent Fignon and Urs Zimmermann were put on the defensive from the first day. Fignon quit due to injuries aggravated by stress. In the Alpe d'Huez stage Hinault mounted an early attack that gained a lot of time. LeMond then chased down Hinault and eventually took the yellow jersey from his teammate. LeMond was later quoted as feeling betrayed by Hinault's tactics.

Hinault gained more than 200 victories in 12 years. He won the Giro d'Italia in 1980, 1982 and 1985, and the Vuelta a España in 1978 and 1983. He also won Classics including Paris–Roubaix (1981) and Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1977, 1980). His victory in the 1980 Liège–Bastogne–Liège is memorable because of snow from the start. Hinault made a solo attack and finished nearly 10 minutes ahead of his next rival.

Riding style

Hinault was a "boss of the peloton" or Patron. He was prominent in a riders' strike at Valence d'Agen in the 1978 Tour to protest against split stages, in which the riders had to ride a stage in the morning and another in the afternoon. He also imposed discipline and often cooperation among riders, once famously decreeing that "there will be no attacks today because tomorrow's stage will be difficult". He was respected by riders but feared by many for his temperament. If he felt slighted by another rider he would use his strength to humiliate the offender. To the public, Hinault was often arrogant, remote, and shy of publicity. When an interviewer suggested he devote more attention to fans, Hinault replied, "I race to win, not to please people".

Retirement

After retiring in 1986, Hinault returned to farming in Brittany and worked for the Tour de France organization, appearing at stage finishes to greet stage winners and jersey holders. He also worked for Look, whose owner Bernard Tapie also owned the La Vie Claire team,^[3] as a technical consultant and helped develop the Look clipless pedal. He has now finished with farming and in 2008 returned to cycling, but not to racing. Hinault has lost none of his fire in recent years: upon seeing a protester jump onto the podium at the end of stage 3 of 2008's Tour de France, in front of the winner, Samuel Dumoulin, Hinault leapt forward without hesitation and shoved the protester off. In December 2013 it was announced that Hinault would be taking on a role as "patron" with the British Team Raleigh-GAC squad for the 2014 season.^[4]

In July 2014 it was announced that Hinault and his former teammate Greg LeMond at the 1986 Tour de France would be featured in a 30 for 30 film titled Slaying The Badger to be directed by John Dower. The film is based on the book of the same name by Richard Moore and was first shown on July 22, 2014 on ESPN.^[5]

Career achievements

Major results

Source:^[6][7][8]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Source:^[6]

Grand Tour	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
Vuelta a España	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	1	—
Tour de France	1	1	DNF	1	1	—	2	1	2

See also

• Cycling records
• List of French people
• List of Giro d'Italia general classification winners
• List of Grand Tour general classification winners
• List of Tour de France general classification winners
• List of Tour de France secondary classification winners
• List of Vuelta a España classification winners
• List of Vuelta a España general classification winners
• Pink jersey statistics
• Yellow jersey statistics

References

Sources

• Moore, Richard (2011). Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France. London: Yellow Jersey Press. ISBN 978-0-224-08290-7. 

Further reading

• Memories of the peloton by Bernard Hinault, Vitesse Press, 1989., ISBN 0-941950-23-9
• Hinault par Hinault by Bernard Hinault, Editions Jacob Duvernet, 2005.
• Fotheringham, William (2015). Bernard Hinault and the Fall and Rise of French Cycling. London: Yellow Jersey Press. ISBN 978-1-4481-5636-8. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bernard Hinault.

• Bernard Hinault profile at Cycling Archives

Sporting positions
UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race 1927: Binda 1928–29: Ronsse 1930: Binda 1931: Guerra 1932: Binda 1933: Speicher 1934: Kaers 1935: Aerts 1936: Magne 1937: Meulenberg 1938: Kint 1946: Knecht 1947: Middelkamp 1948: Schotte 1949: Van Steenbergen 1950: Schotte 1951: Kübler 1952: Müller 1953: Coppi 1954: Bobet 1955: Ockers 1956–57: Van Steenbergen 1958: Baldini 1959: Darrigade 1960–61: Van Looy 1962: Stablinski 1963: Beheyt 1964: Janssen 1965: Simpson 1966: Altig 1967: Merckx 1968: Adorni 1969: Ottenbros 1970: Monseré 1971: Merckx 1972: Basso 1973: Gimondi 1974: Merckx 1975: Kuiper 1976: Maertens 1977: Moser 1978: Knetemann 1979: Raas 1980: Hinault 1981: Maertens 1982: Saronni 1983: LeMond 1984: Criquielion 1985: Zoetemelk 1986: Argentin 1987: Roche 1988: Fondriest 1989: LeMond 1990: Dhaenens 1991–92: Bugno 1993: Armstrong 1994: Leblanc 1995: Olano 1996: Museeuw 1997: Brochard 1998: Camenzind 1999: Freire 2000: Vainšteins 2001: Freire 2002: Cipollini 2003: Astarloa 2004: Freire 2005: Boonen 2006–07: Bettini 2008: Ballan 2009: Evans 2010: Hushovd 2011: Cavendish 2012: Gilbert 2013: Costa 2014: Kwiatkowski 2015–16: Sagan Tour de France general classification winners 1903–1919 1903: Maurice Garin 1904: Henri Cornet 1905: Louis Trousselier 1906: René Pottier 1907–08: Lucien Petit-Breton 1909: François Faber 1910: Octave Lapize 1911: Gustave Garrigou 1912: Odile Defraye 1913–14: Philippe Thys 1915–18: World War I 1919: Firmin Lambot 1920–1939 1920: Philippe Thys 1921: Léon Scieur 1922: Firmin Lambot 1923: Henri Pélissier 1924–25: Ottavio Bottecchia 1926: Lucien Buysse 1927–28: Nicolas Frantz 1929: Maurice De Waele 1930: André Leducq 1931: Antonin Magne 1932: André Leducq 1933: Georges Speicher 1934: Antonin Magne 1935: Romain Maes 1936: Sylvère Maes 1937: Roger Lapébie 1938: Gino Bartali 1939: Sylvère Maes 1940–1959 1940–46: World War II 1947: Jean Robic 1948: Gino Bartali 1949: Fausto Coppi 1950: Ferdinand Kübler 1951: Hugo Koblet 1952: Fausto Coppi 1953–55: Louison Bobet 1956: Roger Walkowiak 1957: Jacques Anquetil 1958: Charly Gaul 1959: Federico Bahamontes 1960–1979 1960: Gastone Nencini 1961–64: Jacques Anquetil 1965: Felice Gimondi 1966: Lucien Aimar 1967: Roger Pingeon 1968: Jan Janssen 1969–72: Eddy Merckx 1973: Luis Ocaña 1974: Eddy Merckx 1975: Bernard Thévenet 1976: Lucien Van Impe 1977: Bernard Thévenet 1978–79: Bernard Hinault 1980–1998 1980: Joop Zoetemelk 1981–82: Bernard Hinault 1983–84: Laurent Fignon 1985: Bernard Hinault 1986: Greg LeMond 1987: Stephen Roche 1988: Pedro Delgado 1989–90: Greg LeMond 1991–95: Miguel Indurain 1996: Bjarne Riis 1997: Jan Ullrich 1998: Marco Pantani 2006–present 1999–2005: results voided because of doping 2006: Óscar Pereiro 2007: Alberto Contador 2008: Carlos Sastre 2009: Alberto Contador 2010: Andy Schleck 2011: Cadel Evans 2012: Bradley Wiggins 2013: Chris Froome 2014: Vincenzo Nibali 2015–2016: Chris Froome Tour de France points classification winners 1953: Fritz Schär 1954: Ferdinand Kübler 1955–1956: Stan Ockers 1957: Jean Forestier 1958: Jean Graczyk 1959: André Darrigade 1960: Jean Graczyk 1961: André Darrigade 1962: Rudi Altig 1963: Rik Van Looy 1964–1965: Jan Janssen 1966: Willy Planckaert 1967: Jan Janssen 1968: Franco Bitossi 1969: Eddy Merckx 1970: Walter Godefroot 1971–1972: Eddy Merckx 1973: Herman Van Springel 1974: Patrick Sercu 1975: Rik Van Linden 1976: Freddy Maertens 1977: Jacques Esclassan 1978: Freddy Maertens 1979: Bernard Hinault 1980: Rudy Pevenage 1981: Freddy Maertens 1982–1983: Sean Kelly 1984: Frank Hoste 1985: Sean Kelly 1986: Eric Vanderaerden 1987: Jean-Paul van Poppel 1988: Eddy Planckaert 1989: Sean Kelly 1990: Olaf Ludwig 1991: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 1992: Laurent Jalabert 1993–1994: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 1995: Laurent Jalabert 1996–2001: Erik Zabel 2002: Robbie McEwen 2003: Baden Cooke 2004: Robbie McEwen 2005: Thor Hushovd 2006: Robbie McEwen 2007: Tom Boonen 2008: Óscar Freire 2009: Thor Hushovd 2010: Alessandro Petacchi 2011: Mark Cavendish 2012–2016: Peter Sagan Tour de France combination classification winners 1968: Franco Bitossi 1969–1972: Eddy Merckx 1973: Joop Zoetemelk 1974: Eddy Merckx 1980: Ludo Peeters 1981–1982: Bernard Hinault 1985–1986: Greg LeMond 1987: Jean-François Bernard 1988–1989: Steven Rooks Tour de France mountains classification winners 1933: Vicente Trueba 1934: René Vietto 1935: Félicien Vervaecke 1936: Julián Berrendero 1937: Félicien Vervaecke 1938: Gino Bartali 1939: Sylvère Maes 1947: Pierre Brambilla 1948: Gino Bartali 1949: Fausto Coppi 1950: Louison Bobet 1951: Raphaël Géminiani 1952: Fausto Coppi 1953: Jesús Loroño 1954: Federico Bahamontes 1955–1956: Charly Gaul 1957: Gastone Nencini 1958–1959: Federico Bahamontes 1960–1961: Imerio Massignan 1962–1964: Federico Bahamontes 1965–1967: Julio Jiménez 1968: Aurelio González Puente 1969–1970: Eddy Merckx 1971–1972: Lucien Van Impe 1973: Pedro Torres 1974: Domingo Perurena 1975: Lucien Van Impe 1976: Giancarlo Bellini 1977: Lucien Van Impe 1978: Mariano Martínez 1979: Giovanni Battaglin 1980: Raymond Martin 1981: Lucien Van Impe 1982: Bernard Vallet 1983: Lucien Van Impe 1984: Robert Millar 1985: Luis Herrera 1986: Bernard Hinault 1987: Luis Herrera 1988: Steven Rooks 1989: Gert-Jan Theunisse 1990: Thierry Claveyrolat 1991–1992: Claudio Chiappucci 1993: Tony Rominger 1994–1997: Richard Virenque 1998: Christophe Rinero 1999: Richard Virenque 2000: Santiago Botero 2001–2002: Laurent Jalabert 2003–2004: Richard Virenque 2005–2006: Michael Rasmussen 2007: Mauricio Soler 2008 Bernhard Kohl Carlos Sastre 2009 Franco Pellizotti 2010: Anthony Charteau 2011: Samuel Sánchez 2012: Thomas Voeckler 2013: Nairo Quintana 2014: Rafał Majka 2015: Chris Froome 2016: Rafał Majka Tour de France combativity award winners Combativity award classification 1956: André Darrigade 1957: Nicolas Barone 1958: Federico Bahamontes 1959: Gérard Saint 1960: Jean Graczyk 1961 Team West-Southwest 1962: Eddy Pauwels 1963: Rik Van Looy 1964: Henry Anglade 1965: Felice Gimondi 1966: Rudi Altig 1967: Désiré Letort 1968: Roger Pingeon 1969–1970: Eddy Merckx 1971: Luis Ocaña 1972: Cyrille Guimard 1973: Luis Ocaña 1974–1975: Eddy Merckx 1976: Raymond Delisle 1977: Gerrie Knetemann 1978: Paul Wellens 1979: Hennie Kuiper 1980: Christian Levavasseur 1981: Bernard Hinault 1982: Régis Clère 1983: Serge Demierre 1984: Bernard Hinault 1985: Maarten Ducrot 1986: Bernard Hinault 1987: Régis Clère 1988: Jérôme Simon 1989: Laurent Fignon 1990: Eduardo Chozas 1991–1992: Claudio Chiappucci 1993: Massimo Ghirotto 1994: Eros Poli 1995: Hernán Buenahora 1996–1997: Richard Virenque 1998–1999: Jacky Durand 2000: Erik Dekker 2001–2002: Laurent Jalabert Super-combativity award 2003: Alexander Vinokourov 2004: Richard Virenque 2005: Óscar Pereiro 2006: David de la Fuente 2007: Amets Txurruka 2008: Sylvain Chavanel 2009 None 2010: Sylvain Chavanel 2011: Jérémy Roy 2012: Chris Anker Sørensen 2013: Christophe Riblon 2014: Alessandro De Marchi 2015: Romain Bardet 2016: Peter Sagan Giro d'Italia general classification winners 1909: Luigi Ganna 1910–11: Carlo Galetti 1912* Team Atala (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi) 1913: Carlo Oriani 1914: Alfonso Calzolari 1915–18 World War I 1919: Costante Girardengo 1920: Gaetano Belloni 1921–22: Giovanni Brunero 1923: Costante Girardengo 1924: Giuseppe Enrici 1925: Alfredo Binda 1926: Giovanni Brunero 1927–29: Alfredo Binda 1930: Luigi Marchisio 1931: Francesco Camusso 1932: Antonio Pesenti 1933: Alfredo Binda 1934: Learco Guerra 1935: Vasco Bergamaschi 1936–37: Gino Bartali 1938–39: Giovanni Valetti 1940: Fausto Coppi 1941–45 World War II 1946: Gino Bartali 1947: Fausto Coppi 1948: Fiorenzo Magni 1949: Fausto Coppi 1950: Hugo Koblet 1951: Fiorenzo Magni 1952–53: Fausto Coppi 1954: Carlo Clerici 1955: Fiorenzo Magni 1956: Charly Gaul 1957: Gastone Nencini 1958: Ercole Baldini 1959: Charly Gaul 1960: Jacques Anquetil 1961: Arnaldo Pambianco 1962–63: Franco Balmamion 1964: Jacques Anquetil 1965: Vittorio Adorni 1966: Gianni Motta 1967: Felice Gimondi 1968: Eddy Merckx 1969: Felice Gimondi 1970: Eddy Merckx 1971: Gösta Pettersson 1972–74: Eddy Merckx 1975: Fausto Bertoglio 1976: Felice Gimondi 1977: Michel Pollentier 1978: Johan de Muynck 1979: Giuseppe Saronni 1980: Bernard Hinault 1981: Giovanni Battaglin 1982: Bernard Hinault 1983: Giuseppe Saronni 1984: Francesco Moser 1985: Bernard Hinault 1986: Roberto Visentini 1987: Stephen Roche 1988: Andy Hampsten 1989: Laurent Fignon 1990: Gianni Bugno 1991: Franco Chioccioli 1992–93: Miguel Indurain 1994: Evgeni Berzin 1995: Tony Rominger 1996: Pavel Tonkov 1997: Ivan Gotti 1998: Marco Pantani 1999: Ivan Gotti 2000: Stefano Garzelli 2001: Gilberto Simoni 2002: Paolo Savoldelli 2003: Gilberto Simoni 2004: Damiano Cunego 2005: Paolo Savoldelli 2006: Ivan Basso 2007: Danilo Di Luca 2008: Alberto Contador 2009: Denis Menchov 2010: Ivan Basso 2011: Michele Scarponi 2012: Ryder Hesjedal 2013: Vincenzo Nibali 2014: Nairo Quintana 2015: Alberto Contador 2016: Vincenzo Nibali *In 1912, Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification Vuelta a España general classification winners 1935–36: Gustaaf Deloor 1937–40 Spanish Civil War 1941–42: Julián Berrendero 1943–44 World War II 1945: Delio Rodríguez 1946: Dalmacio Langarica 1947: Edward Van Dijck 1948: Bernardo Ruiz 1949 Race not held 1950: Emilio Rodríguez 1951–54 Race not held 1955: Jean Dotto 1956: Angelo Conterno 1957: Jesús Loroño 1958: Jean Stablinski 1959: Antonio Suárez 1960: Frans De Mulder 1961: Angelino Soler 1962: Rudi Altig 1963: Jacques Anquetil 1964: Raymond Poulidor 1965: Rolf Wolfshohl 1966: Francisco Gabica 1967: Jan Janssen 1968: Felice Gimondi 1969: Roger Pingeon 1970: Luis Ocaña 1971: Ferdinand Bracke 1972: José Manuel Fuente 1973: Eddy Merckx 1974: José Manuel Fuente 1975: Agustín Tamames 1976: José Pesarrodona 1977: Freddy Maertens 1978: Bernard Hinault 1979: Joop Zoetemelk 1980: Faustino Ruperez 1981: Giovanni Battaglin 1982: Marino Lejarreta 1983: Bernard Hinault 1984: Éric Caritoux 1985: Pedro Delgado 1986: Álvaro Pino 1987: Luis Herrera 1988: Sean Kelly 1989: Pedro Delgado 1990: Marco Giovannetti 1991: Melcior Mauri 1992–93–94: Tony Rominger 1995: Laurent Jalabert 1996–97: Alex Zülle 1998: Abraham Olano 1999: Jan Ullrich 2000: Roberto Heras 2001: Ángel Casero 2002: Aitor González 2003–04: Roberto Heras 2005: Denis Menchov 2006: Alexander Vinokourov 2007: Denis Menchov 2008: Alberto Contador 2009: Alejandro Valverde 2010: Vincenzo Nibali 2011: Juan José Cobo 2012: Alberto Contador 2013: Chris Horner 2014: Alberto Contador 2015: Fabio Aru 2016: Nairo Quintana Super Prestige Pernod International winners Henry Anglade (1959) Jean Graczyk (1960) Jacques Anquetil (1961) Jo de Roo (1962) Jacques Anquetil (1963) Raymond Poulidor (1964) Jacques Anquetil (1965–1966) Jan Janssen (1967) Herman Van Springel (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969–1975) Freddy Maertens (1976–1977) Francesco Moser (1978) Bernard Hinault (1979–1982) Greg LeMond (1983) Sean Kelly (1984–1986) Stephen Roche (1987) French National Road Race Champions (men) 1900–1919 Gustave Garrigou (1907–1908) Jean Alavoine (1909) Émile Georget (1910) Octave Lapize (1911–1913) Charles Crupelandt (1914) Henri Pélissier (1919) 1920–1939 Jean Alavoine (1920) Francis Pélissier (1921) Jean Brunier (1922) Francis Pélissier (1923–1924) Achille Souchard (1925–1926) Ferdinand Le Drogo (1927–1928) Marcel Bidot (1929) Roger Bisseron (1930) Armand Blanchonnet (1931) André Godinat (1932) Roger Lapébie (1933) Raymond Louviot (1934) Georges Speicher (1935) René Le Grèves (1936) Georges Speicher (1937) Paul Maye (1938) Georges Speicher (1939) 1940–1959 René Vietto (1941) Emile Idée (1942) Paul Maye (1943) Urbain Caffi (1944) Eloi Tassin (1945) Louis Caput (1946) Emile Idée (1947) César Marcelak (1948) Jean Rey (1949) Louison Bobet (1950–1951) Adolphe Deledda (1952) Raphaël Géminiani (1953) Jacques Dupont (1954) André Darrigade (1955) Bernard Gauthier (1956) Valentin Huot (1957–1958) Henry Anglade (1959) 1960–1979 Jean Stablinski (1960) Raymond Poulidor (1961) Jean Stablinski (1962–1964) Henry Anglade (1965) Jean-Claude Theillière (1966) Désiré Letort (1967) Lucien Aimar (1968) Raymond Delisle (1969) Paul Gutty (1970) Yves Hézard (1971) Roland Berland (1972) Bernard Thévenet (1973) Georges Talbourdet (1974) Régis Ovion (1975) Guy Sibille (1976) Marcel Tinazzi (1977) Bernard Hinault (1978) Roland Berland (1979) 1980–1999 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (1980) Serge Beucherie (1981) Régis Clère (1982) Marc Gomez (1983) Laurent Fignon (1984) Jean-Claude Leclercq (1985) Yvon Madiot (1986) Marc Madiot (1987) Éric Caritoux (1988–1989) Philippe Louviot (1990) Armand de Las Cuevas (1991) Luc Leblanc (1992) Jacky Durand (1993–1994) Eddy Seigneur (1995) Stéphane Heulot (1996) Stéphane Barthe (1997) Laurent Jalabert (1998) François Simon (1999) 2000–2019 Christophe Capelle (2000) Didier Rous (2001) Nicolas Vogondy (2002) Didier Rous (2003) Thomas Voeckler (2004) Pierrick Fédrigo (2005) Florent Brard (2006) Christophe Moreau (2007) Nicolas Vogondy (2008) Dimitri Champion (2009) Thomas Voeckler (2010) Sylvain Chavanel (2011) Nacer Bouhanni (2012) Arthur Vichot (2013) Arnaud Démare (2014) Steven Tronet (2015) Arthur Vichot (2016) Paris–Roubaix winners 1880–1899 Josef Fischer (1896) Maurice Garin (1897–1898) Albert Champion (1899) 1900–1919 Émile Bouhours (1900) Lucien Lesna (1901–1902) Hippolyte Aucouturier (1903–1904) Louis Trousselier (1905) Henri Cornet (1906) Georges Passerieu (1907) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1908) Octave Lapize (1909–1911) Charles Crupelandt (1912) François Faber (1913) Charles Crupelandt (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Pélissier (1919) 1920–1939 Paul Deman (1920) Henri Pélissier (1921) Albert Dejonghe (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Jules Vanhevel (1924) Félix Sellier (1925) Julien Delbecque (1926) Georges Ronsse (1927) André Leducq (1928) Charles Meunier (1929) Julien Vervaecke (1930) Gaston Rebry (1931) Romain Gijssels (1932) Sylvère Maes (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934–1935) Georges Speicher (1936) Jules Rossi (1937) Lucien Storme (1938) Émile Masson Jr. (1939) 1940–1959 (1940–1942, not held) Marcel Kint (1943) Maurice Desimpelaere (1944) Paul Maye (1945) Georges Claes (1946–1947) Rik Van Steenbergen (1948) André Mahé, Serse Coppi (1949) Fausto Coppi (1950) Antonio Bevilacqua (1951) Rik Van Steenbergen (1952) Germain Derycke (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Jean Forestier (1955) Louison Bobet (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Leon Vandaele (1958) Noël Foré (1959) 1960–1979 Pino Cerami (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961–1962) Emile Daems (1963) Peter Post (1964) Rik Van Looy (1965) Felice Gimondi (1966) Jan Janssen (1967) Eddy Merckx (1968) Walter Godefroot (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Roger Rosiers (1971) Roger De Vlaeminck (1972) Eddy Merckx (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc Demeyer (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Francesco Moser (1978–1979) 1980–1999 Francesco Moser (1980) Bernard Hinault (1981) Jan Raas (1982) Hennie Kuiper (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Marc Madiot (1985) Sean Kelly (1986) Eric Vanderaerden (1987) Dirk Demol (1988) Jean-Marie Wampers (1989) Eddy Planckaert (1990) Marc Madiot (1991) Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1992–1993) Andrei Tchmil (1994) Franco Ballerini (1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Frédéric Guesdon (1997) Franco Ballerini (1998) Andrea Tafi (1999) 2000–2019 Johan Museeuw (2000) Servais Knaven (2001) Johan Museeuw (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Magnus Bäckstedt (2004) Tom Boonen (2005) Fabian Cancellara (2006) Stuart O'Grady (2007) Tom Boonen (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Johan Vansummeren (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013) Niki Terpstra (2014) John Degenkolb (2015) Mathew Hayman (2016) Giro di Lombardia winners 1900–1919 Giovanni Gerbi (1905) Cesare Brambilla (1906) Gustave Garrigou (1907) François Faber (1908) Giovanni Cuniolo (1909) Giovanni Micheletto (1910) Henri Pélissier (1911) Carlo Oriani (1912) Henri Pélissier (1913) Lauro Bordin (1914) Gaetano Belloni (1915) Leopoldo Torricelli (1916) Philippe Thys (1917) Gaetano Belloni (1918) Costante Girardengo (1919) 1920–1939 Henri Pélissier (1920) Costante Girardengo (1921–1922) Giovanni Brunero (1923–1924) Alfredo Binda (1925–1927) Gaetano Belloni (1928) Pietro Fossati (1929) Michele Mara (1930) Alfredo Binda (1931) Antonio Negrini (1932) Domenico Piemontesi (1933) Learco Guerra (1934) Enrico Mollo (1935) Gino Bartali (1936) Aldo Bini (1937) Cino Cinelli (1938) Gino Bartali (1939) 1940–1959 Gino Bartali (1940) Mario Ricci (1941) Aldo Bini (1942) (1943–1944, not held) Mario Ricci (1945) Fausto Coppi (1946–1949) Renzo Soldani (1950) Louison Bobet (1951) Giuseppe Minardi (1952) Bruno Landi (1953) Fausto Coppi (1954) Cleto Maule (1955) André Darrigade (1956) Diego Ronchini (1957) Nino Defilippis (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959) 1960–1979 Emile Daems (1960) Vito Taccone (1961) Jo de Roo (1962–1963) Gianni Motta (1964) Tom Simpson (1965) Felice Gimondi (1966) Franco Bitossi (1967) Herman Van Springel (1968) Jean-Pierre Monseré (1969) Franco Bitossi (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1972) Felice Gimondi (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974) Francesco Moser (1975) Roger De Vlaeminck (1976) Gianbattista Baronchelli (1977) Francesco Moser (1978) Bernard Hinault (1979) 1980–1999 Alfons De Wolf (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) Giuseppe Saronni (1982) Sean Kelly (1983) Bernard Hinault (1984) Sean Kelly (1985) Gianbattista Baronchelli (1986) Moreno Argentin (1987) Charly Mottet (1988) Tony Rominger (1989) Gilles Delion (1990) Sean Kelly (1991) Tony Rominger (1992) Pascal Richard (1993) Vladislav Bobrik (1994) Gianni Faresin (1995) Andrea Tafi (1996) Laurent Jalabert (1997) Oscar Camenzind (1998) Mirko Celestino (1999) 2000–2019 Raimondas Rumšas (2000) Danilo Di Luca (2001) Michele Bartoli (2002–2003) Damiano Cunego (2004) Paolo Bettini (2005–2006) Damiano Cunego (2007–2008) Philippe Gilbert (2009–2010) Oliver Zaugg (2011) Joaquim Rodríguez (2012–2013) Dan Martin (2014) Vincenzo Nibali (2015) Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners 1880–1899 Léon Houa (1892–1894) (1895–1907, not held) 1900–1919 André Trousselier (1908) Victor Fastre (1909) (1910, not held) Joseph Van Daele (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Maurice Moritz (1913) (1914–1918, not held) Léon Devos (1919) 1920–1939 Léon Scieur (1920) Louis Mottiat (1921–1922) René Vermandel (1923–1924) Georges Ronsse (1925) Dieudonné Smets (1926) Maurice Raes (1927) Ernest Mottard (1928) Alphonse Schepers (1929) Hermann Buse (1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Marcel Houyoux (1932) François Gardier (1933) Théo Herckenrath (1934) Alphonse Schepers (1935) Albert Beckaert (1936) Éloi Meulenberg (1937) Alfons Deloor (1938) Albert Ritserveldt (1939) 1940–1959 (1940–1942, not held) Richard Depoorter (1943) (1944, not held) Jan Engels (1945) Prosper Depredomme (1946) Richard Depoorter (1947) Maurice Mollin (1948) Camille Danguillaume (1949) Prosper Depredomme (1950) Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952) Alois De Hertog (1953) Marcel Ernzer (1954) Stan Ockers (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957) Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959) 1960–1979 Albertus Geldermans (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Frans Melckenbeeck (1963) Willy Bocklant (1964) Carmine Preziosi (1965) Jacques Anquetil (1966) Walter Godefroot (1967) Valere Van Sweevelt (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Roger De Vlaeminck (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1973) Georges Pintens (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Joseph Bruyère (1976) Bernard Hinault (1977) Joseph Bruyère (1978) Dietrich Thurau (1979) 1980–1999 Bernard Hinault (1980) Josef Fuchs (1981) Silvano Contini (1982) Steven Rooks (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Moreno Argentin (1985–1987) Adri van der Poel (1988) Sean Kelly (1989) Eric Van Lancker (1990) Moreno Argentin (1991) Dirk De Wolf (1992) Rolf Sørensen (1993) Evgeni Berzin (1994) Mauro Gianetti (1995) Pascal Richard (1996) Michele Bartoli (1997–1998) Frank Vandenbroucke (1999) 2000–2019 Paolo Bettini (2000) Oscar Camenzind (2001) Paolo Bettini (2002) Tyler Hamilton (2003) Davide Rebellin (2004) Alexander Vinokourov (2005) Alejandro Valverde (2006) Danilo Di Luca (2007) Alejandro Valverde (2008) Andy Schleck (2009) Alexander Vinokourov (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Maxim Iglinsky (2012) Dan Martin (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Alejandro Valverde (2015) Wout Poels (2016)