Top 10 French cyclists of the 20th century: Hinault, Anquetil, Poulidor...

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1. Bernard Hinault

• 5x Tour de France ('85, '82, '81, '79, '78)

• 28x stages in the Tour de France ('86, '85, '84, '84, '82, '81, '80, '79, '78)

• 3x Giro d'Italia ('85, '82, '80)

• 2x Vuelta a Espana ('83, '78)

• 3x Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('81, '79, '77)

• 1x World Championship road race ('80)

• 2x Il Lombardia ('84, '79)

• 2x Liège-Bastogne-Liège ('80, '77)

• 2x Flèche Wallonne ('83, '79)

• 7x stages in the Vuelta a España ('83, '78)

• 6x stages in the Giro d'Italia ('85, '82, '80)

• 5x Grand Prix of Nations ('84, '82, '79, '78, '77)

Jacques Anquetil

• 5x Tour de France ('64, '63, '62, '61, '57)
• 16x stages in the Tour de France ('64, '63, '62, '61, '57)
• 5x Paris-Nice ('66, '65, '63, '61, '57)
• 2x Giro d'Italia ('64, '60)
• 1x Vuelta a Espana ('63)
• 2x Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('65, '63)
• 3x Baracchi Trophy ('68, '65, '62)
• 9x Grand Prix of Nations ('66, '65, '61, '58, '57, '56, '55, '54, '53)
• 5x GP Martini ('59, '58, '57, '56, '55)
• 5x stages in the Giro d'Italia ('64, '61, '60, '59)
• 1x Liège-Bastogne-Liège ('66)
• 1x Ghent-Wevelgem ('64)

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3. Raymond Poulidor

• 7x stages in the Tour de France ('74, '67, '66, '65, '64, '62)

• 1x Vuelta a Espana ('64)

• 2x Paris-Nice ('73, '72)

• 2x  Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('69, '66)

• 1x Milan-San Remo ('61)

• 3x 2nd in the Tour de France ('74, '65, '64)

• 3x Climbing Montjuïc ('68, '67, '65)

• 4x stages in the Vuelta a Espana ('67, '65, '64)

• 3x International Criterium ('72, '71, '68)

• 1x Flèche Wallonne ('63)

• 2x International Criterium ('66, '64)

• 6x stages in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('74, '69, '66, '64)

4. Louison Bobet

• 3x Tour de France ('55, '54, '53)

• 11x stages in the Tour de France ('55, '54, '53, '51, '50, '48)

• 1x World Championship road race ('54)

• 1x Milan-San Remo ('51)

• 1x Il Lombardia ('51)

• 1x Paris-Roubaix ('56)

• 1x Tour of Flanders ('55)

• 1x Paris-Nice ('52)

• 1x Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('55)

• 2x Grand Prix Cyclomotoristique des Nations ('60, '59)

• 2x International Criterium ('52, '51)

• 2x stages in the Giro d'Italia ('57, '51)

5. Laurent Jalabert

• 17x stages in the Vuelta a España ('97, '96, '95, '94, '93)

• 3x Paris-Nice ('97, '96, '95)

• 1x Vuelta a Espana ('95)

• 2x Flèche Wallonne ('97, '95)

• 1x Milan-San Remo ('95)

• 2x stages in the Tour de France ('95, '92)

• 1x Itzulia ('99)

• 1x Il Lombardia ('97)

• 1x Tour de Romandie ('99)

• 1x Volta a Catalunya ('95)

• 2x Setmana Catalana ('00, '99)

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6. Laurent Fignon

• 2x Tour de France ('84, '83)

• 9x stages in the Tour de France ('92, '89, '87, '84, '83)

• 2x Milan-San Remo ('89, '88)

• 1x Giro d'Italia ('89)

• 1x Flèche Wallonne ('86)

• 2x International Criterium ('90, '82)

• 1x Baracchi Trophy ('89)

• 2x stages in the Giro d'Italia ('89, '84)

• 2x stages in the Vuelta a España ('87, '83)

• 2nd Tour de France ('89)

• 1x Ronde van Nederland ('89)

• 2x stages in Paris-Nice ('87)

7. André Darrigade

• 22x stages in the Tour de France ('64, '63, '62, '61, '60, '60, '59, '58, '57, '56, '55, '53)

• 1x World Championship road race ('59)

• 1x Il Lombardia ('56)

• 2x Tour de France points classification ('61, '59)

• 1x Baracchi Trophy ('56)

• 5x stages in the Paris-Nice ('64, '63, '61, '60, '52)

• 4x stages in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('64, '62, '61)

• 12x 2nd stages in Tour de France ('63, '62, '60, '60, '59, '58, '57, '56, '55)

• 1x International Criterium ('59)

• 1x stage in the Giro d'Italia ('60)

• 2x Daumesnil ('58, '57)

• 2x Caen ('64, '62)

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8. Richard Virenque

• 5x Tour de France mountain classification ('99, '97, '96, '95, '94)

• 4x stages in the Tour de France ('00, '97, '95, '94)

• 2nd General of the Tour de France ('97)

• 4x stages in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('98, '96, '95)

• 1x stage in the Giro d'Italia ('99)

• 2x La Polynormande ('97, '95)

• 5x 2nd Stage in the Tour de France ('97, '96, '92)

• 1x Grand Prix Cycliste de la Marseillaise ('97)

• 1x Giro del Piemonte ('96)

• 1x Boucles de l'Aulne - Châteaulin ('94)

• 3rd Tour de France ('96)

9. Charly Mottet

• 3x Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('92, '89, '87)

• 3x stages in the Tour de France ('91, '90)

• 2x Giro del Lazio ('89, '88)

• 1x Züri Metzgete ('90)

• 1x Tour de Romandie ('90)

• 1x Il Lombardia ('88)

• 2x 4 Days of Dunkirk ('91, '89)

• 3x Grand Prix of Nations ('88, '87, '85)

• 2x stages in the Vuelta a España ('86)

• 2x Tour of Limousin ('93, '87)

• 1x La Méditerranéenne ('93)

• 3x stages in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('92, '89, '88)

10. Bernard Thévenet

• 2x  Tour de France ('77, '75)

• 9x stages in the Tour de France ('77, '75, '73, '72, '71, '70)

• 2x Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('76, '75)

• 1x Volta a Catalunya ('74)

• 1x Tour de Romandie ('72)

• 5x stages in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('77, '76, '75, '73)

• 1x Climbing Montjuïc ('77)

• 2nd Tour de France ('73)

• 3x 2nd Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ('77, '73, '72)

• 1x Mont Faron ('70)

• 1x International Criterium ('74)

• 9x 2nd stages in the Tour de France ('80, '77, '76, '75, '73)

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