Bernard Vallet (born January 18, 1954 in

Vienne, Isère Vienne (; frp, Vièna) 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 ...

) is a French former

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who won the

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in the

1982 Tour de France The 1982 Tour de France was the 69th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 25 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over . It was won by Bernard Hinault, his fourth victory so far. Teams In response to the finish of the 1 ...

. From 2003 to 2011, Bernard Vallet was the analyst of the Tour de France on

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with the two

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and Louis Bertrand. Moreover, he is the analyst for the Quebec broadcasting of

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since the first edition.

Major results

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

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

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) :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

: ::Winner stage 15 ;1981 :Arras :Circuit des genêts verts :Maël-Pestivien :Tour d'Armorique ;1982 :Bain-de-Bretagne :Chamalières :

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(with

Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hansen ...

) :Lescouet-Jugon :Ronde Aude :

: ::

Winner mountains classification ;1984 :Camors :

(with

) : National Track Points Race Championship :Six Days of Paris (with

) ;1985 :Clermont-Ferrand :Marthon ;1986 :Bussières :Six Days of Paris (with Danny Clark) :Poitiers ;1987 :Joué-les-Tours :

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:Les Ormes :Castillon-la-Bataille :

(with

Charly Mottet Charly Mottet (born 16 December 1962 in Valence, Drôme) is a French former professional cyclist (1983 to 1994). He was one of the best French road cyclists of his era. His daughter, Eva Mottet, was also a road racing cyclist. She competed as a ...

)

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 {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub