he kept the speed so high that Moser and DVM were not able to pass him - total class - legend!!!

I started following cycling in 1982, soon as I read features on Bernard Hinault I knew I was immersed in a golden era of cycling, he was up for the giro /tour double of which he achieved, who could not be impressed by his aggressive riding style, leading from the front to win like we want all true champions to win .Any talk of betrayal with Lemond in 86 is a nonsense, what does everyone want him to do, gift a victory to Lemond, that would have been politics, corruption and a hollow victory for Lemond. Both Hinault and Lemond were fantastic champions and I feel privileged to have witnessed their fantastic endeavours. Bravo Hinault and all the other fantastic riders that made up this era.

Quel énorme champion. Et quel panache ! Merci d'avoir mis en ligne un tel moment de sport.

Une bien belle victoire, Bravo, Champion, 👍👍👍👍👍👍

De Vlaeminck , Kuiper , Moser , Demeyer , Hinault : grands coureurs !!

Chapeau l'artiste pour votre carrière qui fait de vous un des plus grands champion de ce sport !

This was really an incredible feat: Hinault arrives at the Roubaix velodrome in the company of de Vlaeminck and Moser -- two of the finest specialists the event has ever produced -- and outguns them in the sprint by leading out from a whole lap in advance. It seems like a crazy strategy, but in effect he's using his TT skills to render the sprint moot. At 5:20, with one lap to go, Hinault reaches down and switches into a gigantic gear. Then he starts a slow-burn acceleration as everyone else gathers on his wheel, hoping to jump him in the final straightaway. But, when they get there, Moser and de Vlaeminck find that he's built up too much speed to be jumped. It's a master class in how TT specialists can beat sprinters.

Quel monsieur ce Bernard. Il tombe, il revient et il gagne !

Bernard hinault savait tout faire sur un vélo, merci Mr Hinault 👏👍

Petite anecdote : a l'arrivée Eddy Merckx regarde de Vllaeminck et dis genre t'as foutu quoi ?? Le Roger repond " j'aurai voulu t'y voir toi en face d'un mec comme ça !!! " voila c'etait ça Hinault on regarde et on s'ecrase

on ne s' en lasse pas !!!

Que grande era Hinault

j'ai vécu ça en direct j'avais 9 ans

BERNARD HINAULT HE IS THE BOSS

Chapeau l'artiste, espérons que cette année Julian Alaphilippe par exemple en fasse tout autant ... en attendant Hinault nous a bien régalé durant toute sa carrière et çà vaut un grand merci MONSIEUR !!!

Un des 3 plus grands.

a Tour De France winner riding Paris-Roubaix and winning it, something you'll never see again!

you wont really get rid of Hinault that easily! it's hard to race with someone with that personality! THE BADGER!

seguramente uno de los mejores sprints de la historia.brabo hinault

Una prova di superiorità disarmante. Nel ciclismo moderno, dopo Merckx, c'è Hinault.

In his book "Road Racing Technique and Training" he talks about the tailwind on the finish straight and how it's difficult to come over the top in those conditions so he had to sprint from the front.

Superclase

Increible! Hanault!

genio,mito,leyenda,el mejor ciclista frances de todos los tiempos y el segundo mejor de la historia despues de EDDY MERCKX

Bernard hinault c'était le meilleur et il restera le meilleur

Pure class.!

cette victoire est indescriptible,un vrai chef d,oeuvre de le blaireau

I'd like to see a tour champ in today's era walk away from a classics master like hinault did from f Moser....amazing athlete, I think even better than mercyx

Fantastic.

Incredible strength on a bike Hinault had. He could just whack it into a big gear and kill everyone.

je connait Le blaireau les chutes.les crevaisons brefs! il faut que ça passe ou ça casse.bravo super.pour la video Que de bons souvenirs.belle epoque

Can you imagine, nowadays Froome who beats on the cobbles people like Van Avermaet or Sagan just like Hinault did with De Vlaeminck and Moser ??? When I see anglosaxons parvenu of this sport who say bullshits like "Froome is the best ever" (or 10 years ago "Armstrong is the best ever")....ahahahah they cause me a lousy laugh. They don't know and not even respect the history of this sport that they begun to follow because of the biggest cheater ever (Armstrong of course)... They don't know how much great was people like Hinault, or Merckx, or Coppi etc.

Class! From the time when Paris-Roubaix was not the specialist race it is today and most of the top riders participated. I've heard/read that in the following year Hinault had a bad day in PR, and swore he'd never race it again, dismissing it as glorified cyclo-cross. I know he was never really prominent in this race again after this win.

The badger takes 'em to the hurt locker. What a bloody fantastic clip and what a show of force at the end. I just wish it was a bit easier to get hold of Hinault's book in English. I guess bashing away at the French version could only improve my language skills.

The Second best after Merckx !!!

Hinault just got flaming mad to go on the deck! So he took it out on those poor guys! lol

du grand Hinault

Someone once asked hinault if he thought winning Paris roubaix was the pinnacle of cycling. He replied Winning Paris Roubaix? whats it got to do with cycling! Ha! he hated the race! and its true you need a lot of luck and all sorts can happen, and most of it is not down to how well you ride, so he had a good point.

La patron ! ++

Patrí k mojím obľúbeným cestným cyklistom... He is one of my favorite road cyclists

@WELLBRAN you have to admire the guy, he hated every minute but he was determined. Bonne Fete, Bernard!

genio !!!!

grande bernard è stato uno dei piu' forti..

He was like Seb Coe - he wasn't always the fastest, but he could sprint for longer and that was what counts.

good one

Nobody BUT Him could win like that!

Rare to lead out a sprint and win

hinault: le meilleur!!! 12" dans les 250 derniers mètres après 260 bornes... no comment

The Badger never lets go!

@audible67 Yep, money changes everything. but hinault was in something else. 250 plus victories...that's just crazy good.

Le blaireau, Les, a mis à sa, botte.. La Bretagne, qui gagne. Merci hinault..

van petegem style 1966......coreur puissant...

leo los comentarios traduccion en español , gano porque fue un autentico superclase y un fuera de serie , punto

Their mindset must have been "Anybody but HIM!"

@bmaniac1 no argument there!

A real rider. Rode all the races, and could win any of them. did not make a schedule so he could just win the tour. A whole other level of cyclist! Armstrong could never follow Hinault's schedule. Nothing against Lance, but the press has made him into the best ever, simply not the case. How many racers could win the final sprint in paris, mountain climbs, classics, ect.......a handfull, maybe only 2.

I noticed after the finish line none of the other riders came to congratulate him..miserable bunch.

@drhouse1971 Yes and every other race also! and no stupid helmets getting in the way

I think he said it had NOTHINg to do with cycling, meaning that its really all down to luck and good fortune and not on form

Baux cadeau a Bernard..combine pour gagne la Roubaix a le bretone

Out willed everyone.

This should have been #5 for the gypsy. I think if they had sprinted together 10 times, the gypsy would have taken 7 of them. Hinault pulled this one out of a hat.

Well loosing Paris roubaix in any sprint must be hard to take, let alone being led out for a whole lap, even being passed twice! Yes I bet Roger De V was fuming also!, but you have to take your hat of to a win like that.

Ha! yeah they should have FLOWN when they saw hinault crash in front of them. Being a Cornishman I know what kind of Charactor Hinault was, Breton aggression.

@bmaniac1 It really has nothing to do with the difference between the riders of the past and present; it's the sport. When so much money enters the game, the game changes. The high-end focus to peak during the TDF = money. The rise of doping = money. The endless comparisons of the 'integrity' of riders past and present is just pointless.

Where are the French champions now?

bernard hinault une vraie dure tete etant belge je préféré les moser maertens van linden ecT.... ET PUIS lors d'une petite quermesse ou monsieur hinault etait venu préparer ce paris roubais 81 il etait venu a wasmuel au grand prix cerami ou il finira la course au bon milieu du ploton quant tout a coup quelques imbéciles commencèrent a le siffler penssaient ils peut etre que pour bernard cette course de 2 eme cathégorie etait son objectif etant tre content le le voir pour la 1 ere foisen vrai je me dit ce sera la derniere fois ici ,l annee suivante il fut present au depart il en avait fait son objectif cette fois il remporta ce grand prix en solitaire et la depuis je ne le regarde plus de la facon ce coureur est exeptionnel

Les Bretons les meilleurs !!! Breizh en force !!!!!!!

25 ans d'attente pour qu'un français ne regagne Roubaix, et avec le maillot arc-en-ciel.

Just saw your comment here haha yes Celtic "neversaydie" attitude Or if you are going to die take out as many others on the way! haha!

Bernie was one tough son of a bitch - leads out the sprint and takes it! He rubbed their faces in it - and there was nothing they could do about it.

LOL yeah and you had to ride with an inner tube around your neck . Not to mention all the materails and equipment differences, todays riders would struggle in a sprint if they had to change gear on the down tube levers!

Il lachait rien nanard un vrai guerrier breton de surcroît 😉

@sprotzerdehally Greg? is that you? still bitter, eh?

most dont shift during a sprint....

@imajeepster yaeah thats right after winning it he said it was for dickheads! lol also he said whats it got to do with cycling...and in a way he is right its all about luck weather keeping out of crashes and really nothing to do with skill or riding ability...thats what he meant...I think! lol

One great doper beats other great dopers, plus ca change ...

Hinault said he hated this race. Though he won, he made a lot of anti publicity for P-R.

In some ways I rate hinault better than Eddie

man

belle performance mais que les commentaires français sont pénibles.

Duclos déjà de la partie

wow !! l'enfoiré !!! ils n'ont JAMAIS réussi à le redoubler dans le vélodrome !!!

Hinault was a great athlete and unfortunately a poor sportsman.

@ZInnO007 Coppi.

I respectfully disagree. It is not opinion, but victories. Hinault is #2. Armstrong not even in the top 5, maybe higher. He pretty much raced 1 race a year, but I know you know all that already.

grande hinault, ma anche moser era forte...

il numero 1 è moser!!! MOSER: 3 primo, 2 secondo, 2 terzo; MERCKX: 3 primo, 2 secondo

une tete dur un vrai breton

Ce qu'il n'est pas dit, c'est que c'est un chien qui le fait tomber !

he said the race is bullshit lol

Que mala bestia.

De Vlamink è Moser non hanno dato tutto in volata visto che di Roubaix ne avevano già vinta più di una hanno avuto rispetto del campione del mondo in casa sua altro ciclismo