Bernard Vallet (born January 18, 1954, in

Vienne, Isère Vienne (; ) is a town in southeastern France, located south of Lyon, at the confluence of the Gère and the Rhône. It is the fourth-largest commune in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture alongside La Tour-du-Pin. Vienne w ...

) is a French former

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

who won the

mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...

in the 1982 Tour de France. From 2003 to 2011, Bernard Vallet was the analyst of the Tour de France on Canal Evasion with the two

sports commentator In Broadcasting of sports events, sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real time (media), real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present t ...

Richard Garneau and Louis Bertrand. Moreover, he is the analyst for the Quebec broadcasting of Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal et Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec since the first edition.

Major results

;1968 : National Amateur Road Race Championship ;1977 :Mende ;1979 :

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

;1980 :GP de la Ville de Rennes :Mende :Niort :Six Days of Nouméa (with Maurizio Bidinost) :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: ::Winner stage 15 ;1981 :Arras :Circuit des genêts verts :Maël-Pestivien :Tour d'Armorique ;1982 :Bain-de-Bretagne :Chamalières : Six-Days of Grenoble (with Gert Frank) :Lescouet-Jugon :Ronde Aude :

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Winner mountains classification ;1984 :Camors : Six-Days of Grenoble (with Gert Frank) : National Track Points Race Championship :Six Days of Paris (with Gert Frank) ;1985 :Clermont-Ferrand :Marthon ;1986 :Bussières :Six Days of Paris (with Danny Clark) :Poitiers ;1987 :Joué-les-Tours :

Bordeaux–Paris The Bordeaux–Paris professional road bicycle racing, cycle race was one of Europe's classic cycle races, and one of the longest in the professional calendar, covering approximately – more than twice most single-day races. It started in north ...

:Les Ormes :Castillon-la-Bataille : Six-Days of Grenoble (with

Charly Mottet Charly Mottet (born 16 December 1962 in Valence, Drôme) is a French former professional Bicycle, cyclist (1983 to 1994). He was one of the best French road cyclists of his era. Career Mottet won a total of 67 races, including the Tour de Roman ...

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External links

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Official Tour de France results for Bernard Vallet
1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Vienne, Isère Cyclists from Isère French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub