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Hall of Fame
Winner

2017

Bernard
Hinault

France
Date of birth
14/11/1954
Place of birth
YFFINIAC
Career start
1975
Career end
1986
Giro
wins
3
Giro participations
3
Stages won
6

One of only six cycling superstars to have won all three Grand Tours during their careers, Frenchman Bernard Hinault was amongst the strongest riders of all time. Nicknamed ‘le Blaireau’ (“the Badger”), Hinault won the Giro d'Italia in 1980, 1982 and 1985. He competed in 13 Grand Tours during his career, winning ten of them and collecting two second place finishes. Born 14 November 1954 in Yffiniac, Brittany, his Corsa Rosa record is extraordinary, having competed three times, and won all three. Over the course of these three General Classification triumphs, he won six stages and wore the Maglia Rosa for 31 days. With such a magnificent palmares, Hinault is considered to be one of the three greatest Grand Tour racers of all time, alongside Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx.

Judes' scores

overall rating
climb
time trial
sprint
endurance
downhill

Average rating for overall rating:

43.8

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Pier
Bergonzi
45
Philippe
Brunel
41
Pier
Augusto Stagi
46
Hugo
Coorevits
42
Herbie
Sykes
45

Bernard Hinault. Unquestionably the “last of the greats”, waiting for other riders to arrive with the same stature and reach. He is a "cannibal" for the amount of races he was able to win, but not for greed. That was something he left to his opponents, which is also a point of merit.

Pier Augusto Stagi, professional journalist, director of tuttoBICI since 1995, director of tuttobiciweb (2004) and tuttobicitech (2014). For years the voice of Radio24, the cycling signature of Il Giornale and Avvenire. He has also written ten books including Paolo Maldini (Sperling & Kupfer 1996); Marco Pantani (Sperling & Kupfer 1997); Gentili signore e signori, buongiorno (Dear ladies and gentlemen, good morning) (with Adriano De Zan, Baldini Castoldi Dalai publisher, 1999); Cubetti di gloria - Mapei: history and legends of a team that changed cycling (with Angelo Costa and Cristiano Gatti, Prima Pagina Edizioni, 2003); Colnago - The bicycle, (Prima Pagina Edizioni, 2007); Coppiebartali, (with Ennio Doris, Solferino, 2019).

Average rating for climb:

8.2

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Pier
Bergonzi
9
Philippe
Brunel
7
Pier
Augusto Stagi
9
Hugo
Coorevits
7
Herbie
Sykes
9

Average rating for time trial:

9.4

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Pier
Bergonzi
10
Philippe
Brunel
8
Pier
Augusto Stagi
10
Hugo
Coorevits
9
Herbie
Sykes
10

Average rating for sprint:

7.6

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Pier
Bergonzi
8
Philippe
Brunel
7
Pier
Augusto Stagi
8
Hugo
Coorevits
8
Herbie
Sykes
7

Average rating for endurance:

9.8

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Pier
Bergonzi
10
Philippe
Brunel
10
Pier
Augusto Stagi
10
Hugo
Coorevits
9
Herbie
Sykes
10

Average rating for downhill:

8.8

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Pier
Bergonzi
8
Philippe
Brunel
9
Pier
Augusto Stagi
9
Hugo
Coorevits
9
Herbie
Sykes
9

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Average rating for overall rating : 43.8
Pier
Bergonzi
45
Philippe
Brunel
41
Pier
Augusto Stagi
46

Bernard Hinault. Unquestionably the “last of the greats”, waiting for other riders to arrive with the same stature and reach. He is a "cannibal" for the amount of races he was able to win, but not for greed. That was something he left to his opponents, which is also a point of merit. Pier Augusto Stagi, professional journalist, director of tuttoBICI since 1995, director of tuttobiciweb (2004) and tuttobicitech (2014). For years the voice of Radio24, the cycling signature of Il Giornale and Avvenire. He has also written ten books including Paolo Maldini (Sperling & Kupfer 1996); Marco Pantani (Sperling & Kupfer 1997); Gentili signore e signori, buongiorno (Dear ladies and gentlemen, good morning) (with Adriano De Zan, Baldini Castoldi Dalai publisher, 1999); Cubetti di gloria - Mapei: history and legends of a team that changed cycling (with Angelo Costa and Cristiano Gatti, Prima Pagina Edizioni, 2003); Colnago - The bicycle, (Prima Pagina Edizioni, 2007); Coppiebartali, (with Ennio Doris, Solferino, 2019).

Hugo
Coorevits
42
Herbie
Sykes
45
Average rating for climb : 8.2
Pier
Bergonzi
9
Philippe
Brunel
7
Pier
Augusto Stagi
9
Hugo
Coorevits
7
Herbie
Sykes
9
Average rating for time trial : 9.4
Pier
Bergonzi
10
Philippe
Brunel
8
Pier
Augusto Stagi
10
Hugo
Coorevits
9
Herbie
Sykes
10
Average rating for sprint : 7.6
Pier
Bergonzi
8
Philippe
Brunel
7
Pier
Augusto Stagi
8
Hugo
Coorevits
8
Herbie
Sykes
7
Average rating for endurance : 9.8
Pier
Bergonzi
10
Philippe
Brunel
10
Pier
Augusto Stagi
10
Hugo
Coorevits
9
Herbie
Sykes
10
Average rating for downhill : 8.8
Pier
Bergonzi
8
Philippe
Brunel
9
Pier
Augusto Stagi
9
Hugo
Coorevits
9
Herbie
Sykes
9

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