Sébastien Hinault Explained
Sébastien Hinault (born 11 February 1974) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1997 and 2014, competing in seventeen Grand Tours. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam .[1]
Career
Born in Saint-Brieuc, Hinault debuted in 1997 with the French team, which later became, and has competed in the Tour de France five times. After Crédit Agricole disbanded in 2008, Hinault joined . Hinault left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new team for the 2013 season.[2] Hinault retired from competition at the end of the 2014 season and in October 2014 was announced as a directeur sportif for the team for 2015.[3]
Although they share the same birthplace and surname, he is not related to former champion cyclist Bernard Hinault.[4] [5]
Major results
- 1999
4th Tro-Bro Léon
8th Grand Prix de Denain
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2000
1st Tour du Finistère
4th Trofeo Pantalica
6th Overall Tour du Limousin
6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
6th Tour de Vendée
7th Cholet-Pays de Loire
7th À Travers le Morbihan
10th Paris–Camembert
- 2001
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour de France
- 2002
3rd Tro-Bro Léon
10th Tour du Finistère
- 2003
1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne
2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
3rd Classic Loire Atlantique
6th Grand Prix de Rennes
8th Classic Haribo
10th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2004
1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour
3rd Classic Haribo
3rd Tour de Vendée
- 2005
3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Stage 2
5th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
9th Tro-Bro Léon
- 2006
1st Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 4 Tour de Picardie
1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
3rd Tour de Vendée
4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
10th Brabantse Pijl
- 2007
1st Stage 3 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
4th Boucles de l'Aulne
9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2008
1st Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España
- 2009
4th Overall Tour du Limousin
6th Paris–Bourges
- 2010
9th Overall Paris–Roubaix
9th Overall Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2011
8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2012
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
3rd Tour de Vendée
4th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
1st Stage 3
- 2013
7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
9th Tour du JuraGrand Tour general classification results timeline
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Notes and References
- Web site: Team Arkea - Samsic. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 5 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705153324/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14024/1001277/266. 5 July 2020.
- News: Direction IAM Cycling pour Sebastien Hinault . French. Sebastien Hinault heading for IAM Cycling . Alexandre . Mignot . Cyclism'Actu . Swar-Agency . 1 August 2012 . 11 August 2012.
- Web site: Sébastien Hinault directeur sportif. 21 October 2014 . . French. Sébastien Hinault sporting director. 23 March 2015.
- Web site: Les coureurs français toujours sur les traces de Bernard Hinault . 7 July 2015. Le Croix. fr. French riders still in the footsteps of Bernard Hinault. 7 June 2022. subscription.
- Web site: Tour de France : Sébastien, l’autre Hinault . 6 July 2011. France Soir. fr. Tour de France: Sébastien, the other Hinault. 7 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110710015504/http://www.francesoir.fr/sport/cyclisme/tour-france-sebastien-l-autre-hinault-115906.html. 10 July 2011.
