Bernard Hinault - The Badger

[@Avianthro]

"I wish everyone had the opportunity to live the life I've lived." How many of us can say that? Salute to Bernard Hinault! Not just a great cyclist but an amazing human being.

[@DanielC__]

Hinault was not some great man, he was dishonest and classless. Lemond was better than him in 85 and hand Hinault the win. He lied in 86 and would have stabbed lemond in the back given the chance. LeMond should have stomped his sorry azz in 85.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

The banned DB from Texas was NEVER In the same with this Champion either. Even if he had gotten away with his Criminal Enterprise.

[@Avianthro]

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe Agreed! I don't think you could count more than five or so riders in all of history who were in Hinault's league.

[@jefferyweigand1337]

Hinault was a monster on the bike...one of the greatest ever...total class as well...deep thanks for putting this up!

[@malibustacy3606]

I had read that he was a Bob Eubanks impersonator and that he constantly fantasized about hosting The Newlywed Game.

[@jefferyweigand1337]

@@malibustacy3606 yes, that is entirely true...I know he stalked Eubanks for years after that last big classic win at Liege...

[@saintr3394]

His mothers SMILE talking about his son is simply priceless.... The love, the joy, and how proud she was of her boy becoming the greatest cyclist in europe!!!!!!!!

[@nungu60a]

These farm boys are built different. Great Hero of the sport. thanks for sharing the video.

[@erikpeterson25]

Saw Hinault race at the world championship race in Colorado 1986....he was a giant in cycling and looked it ! 👍

[@MrHackTheGibson]

Proud to say I share my birthday with this legend.

[@Abnsdllnnlosnfd]

I only share my birthday with Jan Ullrich. I also do share the same drinking habits...

[@Sills71]

Hinault looks like he could still climb a Col or 2.... hats off to him. A winner in life.

[@JessicaSeverin]

amazing video. thank you for the upload. I never realized the connection between Merckx, Hinault and Lemond my three favorite cycling legends

[@sylviodelvecchio8621]

Greg lemond was the best American cyclist in the tour or in the world my idol in the 80,s the guy had pure talent and road clean what a star in the good old days.

[@wtookey]

Sylvio Del Vecchio Lemond was and is the greatest asshole after Lance Armstrong

[@fredpearson5204]

@@wtookey, actually, you're the biggest asshole after Armstrong. Go fuck yourself.

[@clayvianwilliams6125]

😂😂😂😂lemond hated lanced for breaking his 3 tour record. Lemond was a greàt rider though. Very strong

[@seanpollonais1208]

Great video. Really enjoyed the story of Hinault, one of the main riders when I got into the sport. La Vie Claire was on a different level when they came out. Stylish beyond words and with the Look pedal! After they subsided, teams like Z tried to emulate the avant-garde style by in my opinion, missed the mark. Noticed Hinault is still using a relatively straight block at the back. Anyone knows what saddle he has on the Look 795 at the start of the video?

[@seanpollonais1208]

The saddle is a Fizik Volta

[@brianmessemer2973]

This is extraordinary, a great history lesson. Thank you so much.

[@alexanderrofriguez6769]

Si puro doping all this memoria he historias.

[@TweedSuit]

Last French rider to win the Tour. Last Tour winner to win sprint on Champs Elysees - twice. The 1979 Tour featured 5 Time Trials totalling 165Km and he won all of them! Last Tour winner to also win the Green jersey. The Tours were much longer, the bikes heavier...

[@yourrightiamwrong9643]

jesus didnt know that

[@mungolikescandy3270]

a lot of people focus on the lemond saga but that was right at the end of his career, hinault in his prime was a tremendous rider with a remarkable palmares and deserves his place in a line up of the greats.

[@martinbrodie8507]

My idol in the late 70s and early 80s.

[@timothyhart3559]

Hinault damaged what was otherwise a reputation as a true sportsman. His desire for No. 6 caused him to put his honor aside. But his penchant to throw everything down that he had to win a race is unsurpassed . Truly one of the greatest cyclists of all time

[@MS-un9zq]

A force of nature....not appreciated enough by the young riders......I'm Lemond guy...but this is the stuff of legends...

[@hapuka66jones37]

Just brilliant. Many thanks.

[@Scott-ph2yk]

Hinault was a formidable bike racer.

[@pinarellolimoncello]

As regards the 86 Hinault /Lemond dual what everyone has to realise is despite any talk of treachery or underhand capers Hinault made Lemond's victory real, if he were to gift him the race or just worked for Lemond then it would have been a lot less of a race, instead it was absolutely fantastic. Look how many riders loose their careers , pushed into team tactics due to team orders, Richie Porte springs to mind, compelled to play second fiddle to Froome all based on nonsense that comes from Brailsford /Sky vanity project. The race should be a race, not some pantomime contrived by wealthy sponsors.

[@barbaroacosta5335]

I hate what the tour has became. I prefer one day races now.

[@cecilhenry9908]

No, Hinault was given the 1985 Tour by Lemond, and Hinault still tried to steal the 1986 Tour from Lemond. Really a weasel move.

[@pinarellolimoncello]

@@cecilhenry9908 you're just being deliberately provocative in an otherwise amicable conversation..

[@cecilhenry9908]

@@pinarellolimoncello Don't be silly. Lemond literally explains that he was angry, and fearful at some points. He told Hinault to F@Off at one point. Yes, the conversation was perfectly amicable. The behavior of Hinault was not.

[@pinarellolimoncello]

@@cecilhenry9908 I think you're being quite disingenuous towards Hinault, maybe Lemond was held back by team orders in 85 tour, but there is no way that Hinault should have just rolled over and gifted Lemond the 86 tour, would have made for boring racing and a hollow victory. By Hinault taking Lemond to task it made Lemond's victory all the more glorious and genuine. I don't think there has ever been a better scene in the tour's history than the 2 of them decimating the rest of the field then crossing that mountain top finish together. I would call it the perfect paradox, rivalry and camaraderie . I love both riders so can be entirely impartial. As we are on the subject , look at the mess that the tour is in when money holds sway over the original spirit that Desgrange intended, Ineous holding all 3 aces. Is the reason I think the tour should bring in a rule that should it decide, the race has to be an every man for himself event. Froome, Bernal, Thomas all in competition with each other and other potential winners. Mammon will of course protest but it should be put firmly in its place to keep the integrity of the Original spirit of Desgrange's tour intact. This would make for more exciting racing, prevent the jeopardising of cycling careers (see Richie Porte, George Hincapie) and thus a more credible and sincere victor?

[@ElliotFlowers]

Yeah. Your videos are fantastic. Thanks.

[@saintr3394]

My love for cycling will always be in my life...... I will share a personal story to put smiles on your faces..... I was in a foreing country at a small village and went to a tiny mechanic shop The helper was a 15/16 year old kid from a broken home.... his parents divorced and he worked... it was july and at the shop we began to talk about what sport had the best atheltes.... i said cyclist and race car drivers.. we began to talk about the tour de france and his eyes opened wider.... i knew that he would never be able to buy a road bike.. i asked to speak to his mother and asked her if i could take him to the local gym to see his numbers on the exersice bike... we went and i said to him...i need you to keep the same number on the screen for 1 hour He had 91rpm... i was shocked... he had condition!!!! I left him enrolled in the cardio class 6am for t months Went back to los angeles and went to pasadena velo sport... the old russian champion!!!! He gave me a deal on a great FELT road bike.. a indoor trainer.. etc The best part was within 1 week of me getting the riad bike to him.. his alcoholic father showed up with a discovery channel cycling suit PRICELESS!!!!!!! within weeks he began to train with the state cycling team and became a member of the state cycling team!!!!!!.. and the rest is history One local race he finished 3rd and completely destroyed...... the nrxt race was in 3 weeks..... i said to him.. i know you have the coach but i need you to do something extra On the indoor trainer.. i need you to do 1 min full speed... then recovery..etc etc On the next race he WON... the smile on his face priceless!!!!!!!! I am also a fan of HTC and the old world wide team.... My dream is to own my own cycling team!!!!!!!

[@JZee-xd4cy]

The Badger!! But, I was on LeMond’s corner!!

[@mac9954]

Always liked the way is rode his bike

[@breathestrongcycling3672]

Thanks for the english reupload 👍

[@stuartdryer1352]

Thanks for posting this.

[@bobmajew53]

Bernard is the only contemporary that I know. We are the same age of course very different careers. I was a mechanical engineer useful if you ride bicycles.

[@ozzy6858]

My deepest respect for proffesional cyclists!!! Its a sport for horses!!!!! And you have to love the pain!!!!! My hat is off to all of you Gentelmen....

[@christianloher150]

A Golden Age of cycling. Impressive.

[@jg5598]

thank you for posting this video fantastic !

[@MarioLopez-ou4hb]

El mejor ciclista de la Historia. Grande Hinault. Search in KZbin Vuelta 1983, Batalla de Serranillos

[@glywnniswells9480]

Out of all the 5 times xhamps he is the one i would least like to get into a fight with he looks strong.

[@aitor47]

Your channel has become my personal favorite, even though i only found it a few days ago. Just great!

[@Peakabike]

That day in 1986 when Hinault attacked when he was in yellow and could have taken it easy and cruised to a 6th...and then the Alpe d'Huez stage. About that stage I'm pretty sure Lemond is wrong at 1:17:34 though, before the Alpe stage Zimmerman was 2nd, hence Hinault wanting to get that spot back. I also remember Hinault saying (off the record) before the last ITT, "I'll get the 3 minutes back, 1 minute on class and 2 minutes on "chiasse" (you can look up the translation)" ! It didn't quite work out like that ;-)

[@Cyclingmasterseller]

A great film for the history of the Badger -- one of the greats of our sport! Could you imagine him on enhancing drugs during the Lance-years -- wow, that would have wild to watch, you can only wonder? If they could be the same age, who would win?

[@tman5634]

Can't compare. Hinault was always a great rider & winner in every sense. Armstrong showed a one off brilliance his worlds win, then nothing until his drug taking years. The rest is history & justice was served. I know which one of them I'd like as a friend.

[@Fordworldrallyfan]

@@tman5634 I was always disappointed that he never even attempted the Hour Record though. I guess that he thought he had EVERYTHING to lose if he failed, and that overcame the possible gains/cred of setting it, in his mind??

[@glywnniswells9480]

They wudve had a punch up at some point

[@bengoodwin83]

This is awesome! You’re a legend for uploading these. Don’t suppose you have the slaying the badger documentary? Still one of my favourite cycling documentaries.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Hinault, certainly one of the most talented, and most driven cyclists of all time. Surely at the same level as Coppi and Merckx.

[@mosgrovecleancutkid681]

The better imho. Surely a clean cyclist, which I don't know how possible it is to say about the other two you mention.

[@TheFloridaBikeVlogger]

disc brakes killed cycling.

[@SMenkveld]

Zombie thread, but... Joop Zoetemelk not wearing the yellow shirt the day Hinault abandoned is what we cycling fans call "class." If you don't understand why he made the choice he made, you don't understand the sport.

[@shaunb93291]

What's up with the Look bike with the drivetrain on the left side? 53:25

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

The image is reversed. Look at the letters, they are backwards

[@marcofonseca2897]

Thank from brazil🇧🇷👍🙌🙌🙌🙌😎

[@courtmarker1779]

masterclass

[@thecyclingchiropractor]

Great to watch

[@jayaybe1]

Yeaah! You listened to the requests for an English version and came up with the goods! New subscriber here ; - )

[@XX-is7ps]

This would benefit tremendously from turning down the dialogue volume of the original when over-dubbing the English. Without that its like the tower of Babel and pretty exhausting to try and listen to.

[@Terkenk]

Greg fan here but gotta give Hinault credit, his tactics made the 86 tour one of the best ever. I think his first attack with Delgado was to make the race interesting and the second to give Greg the opportunity to prove he deserved the jersey. Sport is entertainment and nothing entertains like drama and intrigue. What he did in 86 was good for the sport.

[@CesarClouds]

1:02:20 I wonder what's Phil Anderson's side of the story.

[@semperoccultus]

allo.i remember the nickname for bernard is TASS.the small mammifer same the talpa.

[@remyvermunt8623]

next time please put sub titles

[@rufusgoldstein2655]

Yes , we know about the Lemond episode but Hinault had many qualities that Lance emulated. (EPO not withstanding)

[@WELLBRAN]

He's not a Frenchman...He's a Breton!

[@hanooneeme8947]

Not since Anne De Bretagne. Brittany is not a country.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Damn, he also quite good at wrench.

[@kevinmckechnie456]

Thanks for sharing this! I've been looking for a copy since I saw it on an inflight video several years ago. Do you know if it's available on DVD?

[@reynaldparisel3852]

A quand un nouveau Hinault français ?????????????????????? Malheureusement, ce n'est pas pour demain...

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

Quand les coureurs français se remettent de leur complexe d'infériorité

[@dfk09]

Lemond's lines were in English, translated to French...and back to English...Lol! Great stuff!!

[@benjaminblabla]

No no, Lemond speaks a very good french :)

[@TheStikapos]

I’m sorry, but I really miss steel framed bicycles. Today we have 13 pound carbon fiber bikes. Hinault, although an all time classic, started this bike mania…

[@tymanski1]

the first cyclist i ever became aware of and awed by. what a badass

[@jasper_north]

Awesome 🦡

[@illustrioustexts5060]

masterclasse

[@jasonmullaley3234]

Hinault or Indurain for me but best ever is Mercyx

[@T59-j7k]

I know he was a great rider but to say he was riding with Merckx who was at the end of his career is crazy

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

Merckx retired in 1978, Hinault raced against him from 1975

[@pacotorres2704]

Hinault, the best. Mercks? He had a lot of lucky, Ocaña felt down in Orcieres Merlette. Mercks 4, Hinault 5. Zoetemelk had a lot of Lucky too in 1980.

[@WolfgangVonKempelen838]

That dubbing is so annoying, why not use sub titles for the non french speakers and hear the people talk. I am sure that there are people watching this who understand and speak French like myself.

[@simonknowles4267]

Which team did Lemond ride for before Renault.

[@TweedSuit]

He turned professional with Renault in 1981 - it was his first team. Hinault and Guimard recruited him.

[@joepasquarello1273]

Audio is very distracting

[@Lebretonvenitien]

In french please??!!!

[@buckbuck9225]

Greg should have had 4 tours maybe 5

[@JB-uv4hm]

Did Bernard shoot him? Ifs and buts of the Greg fanboy club.

[@buckbuck9225]

@@JB-uv4hm the revisionist views of a pussy millennial that wasn't even alive at this time...did i.you pussy.. mention a shooting ?

[@JB-uv4hm]

@@buckbuck9225 so a triggered Greg fan boy. “Revisionist history”? Hinault walked away a champion. Lemond left as an embarrassing fat pos with GAN in the broom wagon. There’s ifs and buts and then there’s reality fan boy. Let me help you recognize what the greatest actually looked like through your Wild World of Sports American haze. Seven crashes later Hinault rides the best off his wheel to win. Your welcome. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3i7fWuei72gm7s Millennial? Not even close cupcake. You’re 0-2.

[@buckbuck9225]

@@JB-uv4hm was greg ordered to fall back by team leaders to wait for Bernard.Giving him the 1985 tour? Yes or no?

[@JB-uv4hm]

@@buckbuck9225 No. he was told to not work with Roche. He was not told to drop back to Hinault. Big difference. Recall Hinault was in yellow and was suffering from a massive crash. So you don’t attack your teammate in Yellow and move Roche up the road taking advantage of your teammate’s crash earlier. Clearly an American who’s never raced a bike at any level. Let me give you a tip, the spiel you were fed by Wide World of Sports will forever cloud you view.

[@shane-irish]

The boss

[@T59-j7k]

I have no ideal who is talking through this video😂

[@Strange_Brew]

Don’t Badgers go for the testicals when the attack?

[@outdoorvertical]

Panyagua?

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

Si

[@johnbailey520]

Wanted to watch this but the constant double dialogue was unbearable!

[@saintr3394]

8 more years to have the 50th anniversary HINAULT ROAD BIKE meaning 50 years since his first yout de france I hopea manyfacturer will put that into their plans!!!!!!! Sell a 50th anniversary road bike with the chanpions name on it!!!!

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

This is horrible. Did they dub this because anglos can't read subtitles?

[@kervilou5905]

genial

[@buckbuck9225]

No its not like there hastnt ever been any sabotage in cycling.....what?

[@frenchietowers7542]

hes a great person or something ...? (then why does he have to kidnap ppl ..?)

[@JB-uv4hm]

Oh if BH hadn’t had tendinitis he’d have won six, maybe seven. Sound familiar?

[@needfoolthings]

If Pog was 5 years older now, he'd ahve won 7. If Valverde hadn't been doping so much and kept his body and mind clean instead, he would have won 3 or 4. If LA hadn't been there, JU would have won 12. If, if, if.

[@Mr71paul71]

Did you try shaking him in the interview to see if he rattled from all the steroids pro cyclists take ?

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

Hinault didn't dope. That muscularity was natural.

[@kervilou5905]

le blérot !!!!!

[@anotherbutt4chair454]

Oh yes the days before the roids.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Meth, pemoline, roid, EPO, and blood are some of the most popular drugs in endurance sports.

[@lekcindr]

imo the 2nd best cyclist all-time.........and a scumbag of a human for what he did to LeMond.

[@Enigma71559]

There is no doubt Hinault was one of the all-time great athletes. But, he was also one of the all-time biggest jerks!! Even speaking in this interview, he has that scowl on his face. He just seems like he hates EVERYBODY!

[@ravenjason13]

Enigma71559 I have met him on a massive group ride in USA and even sprinted against him at the end for fun, he could not of been nicer or more engaging. Plus signed autographs for many people afterwards. With a smile......

[@Enigma71559]

@@ravenjason13 Well, that is good to hear. I guess he just saved the nastiness for his competitors.

[@alexanderrofriguez6769]

Uhhh how much about with doping????

[@glywnniswells9480]

No he is not nasty and hateful he is just a hard type of man of old days.

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

Hinault is a very proud man

[@michelleejuca5034]

#juca bike sp Brasil

[@PA-jh5vi]

Hinault avait des capacités physiques extraordinaires, mais c'était et c'est encore un con. Greg Lemond est lui par contre un bon gars qui respecte ses engagements. Si Hinault avait eu quelques neurones de plus, il aurait eu un palmarès encore bien plus glorieux. Aujourd'hui, il continue de faire le malin, alors qu'il est tout sauf intelligent.

[@danielcar5930]

You are a Fuckin idiot. Jalous??

[@PA-jh5vi]

@@danielcar5930 Jaloux de quoi? Je me félicite des victoires de Greg Lemond tout comme j'apprécie celles de Julian Alaphilippe aujourd'hui. Je dis juste qu'Hinault avait des capacités physiques hors du commun, et que son magnifique palmarès n'empêche pas qu'il est un prétentieux qui n'apporte rien au vélo. Son Tour de France 1986 (alors que Lemond aurait pu prendre le maillot en montagne mais a respecté les consignes de la direction de l'équipe), montre une partie de sa personnalité: ne pas respecter ses engagements, se croire toujours supérieur aux autres, l'absence de vergogne, et au final courir comme un idiot trop prétentieux (car c'est vrai qu'il avait largement les moyens de gagner ce Tour de France). Je me souviens aussi de championnats du monde où voyant qu'il n'avait pas les jambes pour la gagne il abandonnait avant la bataille au lieu de se battre sur son vélo pour favoriser un équipier; quel égoïsme! De votre coté, essayez de sortir un peu de l'anathème pour articuler quelques arguments afin d'en faire un raisonnement; enfin, si votre admiration pour le Blaireau ne vous y empêche pas.

[@pauledmonds3249]

It's funny how the French thought that the world of professional cycling revolved around them and their way of doing things. The language of the Tour de France was clearly French. But things have changed now. A multicultural peleton, no French winners of the TDF for 30 years, Cofidis doping scandal, the language of the Tour and pro cycling in general moving to English. Hinault was good, but he was a bully supported by those who because of the lack of true professionalism in those days were afraid of him, and the shitty bent deals being done between teams which prevented his rivals challenging him. His arrogance and influence carried him high, but he would be nowhere today.

[@peterh1353]

Pro cycling is French. They really made the sport and hats off to them. You need a story and he was the story. Anything to do with Bernard Tapis stinks like a cowshed. Wouldn't believe the date if he told me. He (Hinault) ran to the most corrupt man who ever lived to make a team for him? If you haven't read his story you should - infact read it twice, you won't believe it the first time.

[@louismorel2001]

Hinault was the best cyclist in the history just after eddy merckx. He had enormous physical capacities. He was the best in time trial, very good uphill and pretty fast sprinter. He was a rider like.valverde but far more better. You seem to say he was not so good because he he was.riding 35 years ago.. But the same guy here and now would.have the same carriere. He rode against the best cyclists of his time. His vo2max was estimated at 96, and this was 10 years before epo. This was and still is exceptional and explains his success. Riders like.that are so few, maybe one.or two per century. Search the times of time trial stages, they were.very.fast, often faster than 45km/h with ordinary road bike, without aero wheels or time.trial frame. He would have smashed merck's hour record if he had decided to do it.

[@carmenandthedevil2804]

Bullshit.

[@benjaminblabla]

And? What do you try to say? And who are the French, any info ?

[@barriem5318]

Hinault was one of the greatest cyclists who ever lived, no doubt. But a master manipulator and double-crossing snake. To all the French contributors they worship him and make excuses for his behavior or explain it away with sketchy logic.

[@vuelvoel2011]

great rider , awful person.

[@glywnniswells9480]

He is not an aweful person he is just very hard old school

[@malgastalapastabobo86]

Tour 1985 is for Lemond. Jaja doped.Virenque súper doped