Flower Power: History of the Tour De France: From 1960-1980
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The race’s next hero was a blunt Frenchman from Brittany, Hinault, who would become the third man to win five Tours. The years between 1978 and 1984 became known as “le blaireau” (the badger’s) golden era.
Then France cheered a new hero, a sophisticated bespectacled young Parisian called Laurent Fignon. Fignon rode into his home city of Paris in yellow, beating Hinault by 10 minutes and proving that 1983 had been no fluke.
Winners
* 1960 Gastone Nencini (Ita)
* 1961 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
* 1962 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
* 1963 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
* 1964 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
* 1965 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
* 1966 Lucien Aimar (Fra)
* 1967 Roger Pingeon (Fra)
* 1968 Jan Janssen (Ned)
* 1969 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
* 1970 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
* 1971 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
* 1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
* 1973 Luis Ocana (Spa)
* 1974 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
* 1975 Bernard Thevenet (Fra)
* 1976 Lucien Van Impe (Bel)
* 1977 Bernard Thevenet (Fra)
* 1978 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
* 1979 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
* 1980 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
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