Definitions
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- noun French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954)
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Examples
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A five-time Tour de France winner, Hinault is the last Frenchman to win in 1985.
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Richard Moore writes that nobody is quite sure who first started calling Hinault "Le Blaireau" "the Badger", but the name stuck to the man who would go on to win the Tour de France five times because, as an old team mate put it, "It suited him.
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Of course, it was an American who later went on to win that Tour, as Greg LeMond battled with his own La Vie Claire teammate, Bernard Hinault, for much of the ensuing three weeks.
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"It has been difficult for him because when he wore the jersey in 2004, a lot of people thought he was the new Bernard Hinault."
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That race, fought out between Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk, was a classic, but 2011 has a different complexion even before it has begun.
Tour de France 2011: Alberto Contador's rocky mountain way 2011
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More details will be revealed in a press conference on November 18 in Liège, with the presence of Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault.
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France hasn't had a Tour winner since Bernard Hinault in 1985, the argument goes.
The Sound of Frenchmen Gloating John W. Miller 2011
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Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk battle in the '79 Tour - the only time the race hit l'Alpe d'Huez twice!
Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Two times up the Alpe in the 2011 Tour de France? 2010
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The Alpe d'Huez and the Stelvio are among the familiar names, but the authors also draw our attention to La Redoute, where Bernard Hinault permanently lost the feeling in two fingers in sub-zero conditions during the 1980 Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic, and the Croce d'Aune, the pass in the Dolomites where a mishap in 1927 inspired Tullio Campagnolo to invent the quick-release wheel, a boon to every subsequent rider.
Roman Abramovich still playing his poker hand inside Court 26 | Richard Williams 2011
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Sanchez for his part had finished on the podium three times since 2006 but was unable to pull off a repeat in the 104th edition of a race won by such luminaries as Fausto Coppi, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Sean Kelly.
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