Bernard Thévenet

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Thévenet at the Six Days of Grenoble 2011

Bernard Thévenet (born January 10, 1948 in Saint-Julien-de-Civry ) is a former French cyclist .

Thévenet advanced to French cyclist number 1 in the mid- 1970s . In 1973, he finished second in the Tour de France behind Luis Ocaña Pernía , and in 1974 he dropped out of the Tour due to illness. Thévenet is famous for his attack on Eddy Merckx at the Col d'Izoard at the Tour de France 1975. Merckx, who at that time was struggling with back problems and the consequences of a blow from a fan, tried to counter but lost the lead without regaining it to be able to. Thévenet finally won the tour, ending the supremacy of Eddy Merckx, who had won a total of five times in 1969-74. In 1977 he was able to repeat his success at the Tour de France. In addition to many smaller races, he also won the Tour of Catalonia in 1974 and the Dauphiné Libéré in 1976 and 1977. In 1975, the sports newspaper L'Équipe voted him France's Sportsman of the Year (“ Champion des champions ”). In 1981 he ended his active cycling career.

Thévenet tested positive for doping near Paris-Nice in 1977 . The following winter, he was hospitalized for a liver condition, the occurrence of which was attributed to long-term use of steroids . Thévenet later publicly announced that he had been doping with cortisone for a period of three years .

Today Thévenet runs a company that sells sportswear.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1950 - 1980, anabolic steroids and glucosteroids are introduced. www.cycling4fans.de
personal data
SURNAME Thévenet, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Julien de Civry