colmmagoo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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.

miguelroubaix (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Já não há, esta qualidade no ciclismo

ediestevam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

o melhor ciclista frances.

ZInnO007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The Second best after Merckx !!!

WWWITALIANGIFTCOM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Bravo, bella volata di potenza senza storia !

noshtrilz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Awesome!! simply Awesome - Bernard Hinault actualy had a secret advantage over the other guys as he has an exceptionaly long pair of femurs and this is a big advantage if your a cyclist as they are your levers. It was the same with Merckx, Coppi and Anquetil. Look at a photo of Hinault standing up and he really does look like a frog! A short small round upper body ( slightly barrel shape to contain his enourmous heart and lungs) and very long muscular legs.

chickasmith (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Machine ... how good was that.

chickasmith (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This was the lead dog in the production, then they had two dogs do it in the 2007 TDF lol. How did this get on ESPN?!

sjl62 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ah yes -- long-lost ancestral brethren.

WELLBRAN (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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.