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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
The man with whom Evans is most frequently compared is Miguel Indurain. That is no mean compliment, since until Armstrong turned up, the Basque was among the four joint holders of the Tour's long-standing record of five career wins - alongside Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault - and he stood alone as the only one to win all five consecutively. Armstrong swept that record...
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Cycling Info (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... Monday evening. In 1986, America’s first Tour winner, Greg Lemond and five times winner Frenchman Bernard Hinault rode side by side up the last part of the climb and crossed the line together. Both Lemond and Hinault were on the same team, there had been uncertainty over who was the team leader. Alpe d’Huez is often called the ‘Dutch Mountain’ because of the exploits of many...
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The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Since yesterday was Bastille Day, this seems as sensible a moment as any to ask: whatever happened to France? How did a once-great nation fall so low? And, are there any grounds for hoping that France may recover from this shameful, pitiful, nadir? I speak, of course, of cycling. No Frenchman has won the Tour de France since Bernard Hinault took his fifth yellow jersey way back in 1986....
