la vie claire won the tour de france in 1985.
la vie claire won the tour de france in 1985.
who won the tour de france in 1985?
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the team formed after bernard hinault had a dispute with his former directeur sportif cyrille guimard of renault-elf-gitane with whom hinault had won four editions of the tour de france. after hinault's teammate laurent fignon won the 1983 tour de france while hinault was injured, fignon became the designated leader of the team. hinault formed the la vie claire team with tapie and koechli and steadily built up his form. during the 1984 tour de france, renault-elf-gitane dominated the race with 8 stage wins including the team time trial as well as wearing the yellow jersey from the 5th stage onward with vincent barteau and laurent fignon. fignon won the tour by over ten minutes from hinault. in addition with world champion greg lemond the renault team also finished third overall in that tour and lemond won the young rider's jersey. after this dominance by the renault-elf-gitane team, tapie and hinault approached greg lemond after the 1984 tour with a one-million dollar contract offer - the first in cycling history - to leave renault-elf-gitane and join hinault at la vie claire. lemond accepted, and forever changed the salary structure in bicycle racing. with hinault and lemond the team won the 1985 and the 1986 tour de france. at the end of 1986, hinault retired and in the spring of 1987 lemond was injured in a hunting accident. hampsten who had finished fourth in the 1986 tour de france and as best young rider left the team at the end of 1987. jean-françois bernard was seen by some as a successor to hinault in stage races and became the leader of the team. bernard led the general classification during the 1987 tour de france and finished third overall, and led the general classification during the 1988 giro d'italia but then never regained the form to perform in the grand tours for the team. the team itself was undergoing further changes - lemond and bauer left the team at the end of 1987 and koechli and tapie stopped directing the team in 1988 and 1989. during the latter years of the team, laurent jalabert and tony rominger were team leaders and earned success for the team.
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bullet::::- 1949 tour de france : gino bartali italy









































bullet::::- 1952 tour de france : fausto coppi italy









































bullet::::- 1956 tour de france : valentin huot france









































bullet::::- 1966 tour de france : julio jiménez spain









































bullet::::- 1976 tour de france : joop zoetemelk netherlands









































bullet::::- 1992 tour de france : richard virenque france









































bullet::::- 1996 tour de france : bjarne riis denmark









































bullet::::- 1997 tour de france : richard virenque france









































bullet::::- 1999 tour de france : richard virenque france









































bullet::::- 2011 tour de france : sylvain chavanel france









































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