Talk:Bernard Hinault

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Paragraph 1 says he placed 2nd in 1984; Paragraph 2 says he missed the tour in 1984 due to knee problems. ???

wikipedia is an encyclopedia
it is not the place to express what one thinks about this or that.Christopher Lims 14:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

hinault was out in 1983 as He had an operation on his knee, he came back in 84 and finished 2nd to Fignon

Breton is politically uncorrect
In French wikipedia declaring that BH was a Breton is politically uncorrect. They seem to send commandos of cleansers to do the job here too: []

.Shelley Konk 16:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

2006 Tour de France winner
Oscar Pereiro has not yet recieved the 2006 title,by the UCI nor the Tour de France organizers so, it's a mistake to put his name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.221.32.250 (talk) 02:46, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Doping sanctions
Since it is common to include doping sanctions in articles about cyclists why wouldn't be apropriate to include Hinault's 1982 sanction for refusing to submit to a doping control test afer Critérium de Callac. 5 riders where suspend for refusing testing. 3 of the other 4 tested positive later in other races. Hinalut tried to get all the riders to refuse the test. I think the fact he was sanctioned should be included. I'd be interested in any counter arguments before I add it and would take advice on how and where to put it. I'm not trying to sully his reputation but I am not comfortable that he was beyond reproach and while he is an all time great he is not a saint. In fact he bullied the governing body by threatening to not race the worlds if they suspended him so while it is listed as a one month suspension. He never served the suspspention. Jackhammer111 (talk) 22:44, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

He did the dope like everyone./ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.156.136.229 (talk) 02:09, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Not a good illustration
It could have a better photo, a photo of a victory for instance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.91.51.235 (talk) 16:11, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * We have to work with what we've got. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:18, 6 January 2020 (UTC)