Renault (cycling team)

Team Renault
Team data
nationality	France
First season	1978
Last season	1985
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Gitane
staff
General manager	Cyrille Guimard France
Team manager	Bernard Quilfen France
Sportl. ladder	Maurice Champion France
Name story
Years	Surname
1978 1979–1980 1981–1982 1983–1985	Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo Renault-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf
Team photo

Renault was a French cycling team that existed under the names Renault-Gitane and Renault-Elf from 1978 to 1985.

General

The team was sponsored by the car manufacturer Renault and the bicycle manufacturer Gitane . In 1978, the Renault group took over the wheel manufacturer Gitane and thus became the successor to sponsoring the Gitane-Campagnolo team . The Renault team was led by Cyrille Guimard and Maurice Champion .

The team was one of the most successful at the time. It has won the Tour de France six times , the Giro d'Italia twice and the Vuelta a España twice . In addition, he won various classics and world championships .

Under the direction of Guimard, the young Bernard Hinault developed into one of the best cyclists of his time. From the beginning of Hinault's career in 1975 until his move to Team La Vie Claire in 1984, the two worked together extremely successfully.

Known drivers

• Jean-René Bernaudeau (1978–1980)
• Laurent Fignon (1982–1985)
• Bernard Hinault (1978-1983)
• Greg LeMond (1981-1984)
• Marc Madiot (1980–1985)
• Charly Mottet (1983–1985)

Greatest successes

One day race

• Paris – Roubaix
  • 1981 (Hinault)
  • 1985 (Madiot)
• Amstel Gold Race
  • 1981 (Hinault)
• Liège – Bastogne – Liège
  • 1980 (Hinault)
• Lombardy tour
  • 1979 (Hinault)
• Walloon arrow
  • 1979 (Hinault)
  • 1983 (Hinault)
• World Championship
  • 1980 (Hinault)
  • 1983 (LeMond)

Round trips

• Tour de France
  • 1978 :, 8th, 15th & 18th stage (Hinault)
  • 1979 : , , 2nd, 3rd, 11th, 15th, 21st, 23rd & 24th stage (Hinault); (Bernaudeau); (Team)
  • 1981 : Prolog, 6th, 14th, 18th & 20th stage (Hinault)
  • 1982 : Prolog, 14th, 19th & 21st stage (Hinault)
  • 1983 : 21 stage (Fignon); 5th stage ( Dominique Gaigne ); 9th stage ( Philippe Chevallier );
  • 1984 :, 7th, 16th, 18th, 20th & 22nd stage (Fignon); 2nd stage (Madiot); 8th stage ( Pascal Jules ); 12th stage ( Pascal Poisson ); 13th stage ( Pierre-Henri Menthéour ); (Fignon); , 3rd stage ( MZF ) (team)
• Giro d'Italia
  • 1980 : 14 stage (Hinault); 20th stage (Bernaudeau)
  • 1982 :, 3rd, 12th, 18th & 22nd stage (Hinault); 1st stage (MZF) (team); 11th stage ( Bernard Becaas )
  • 1984 : , , 20th stage (Fignon); , 1st stage (MZF) (team)
  • 1985 : 10th stage ( Martial Gayant ), 1st stage (MZF) (team)
• Vuelta a España
  • 1978 : Prolog, 11 (part 2), 12th, 14th & 18th stage (Hinault); 5th & 10th stage ( Willy Teirlinck )
  • 1983 :, 15th stage (part 2) & 17th stage (Hinault); Prologue (Gaigne); 4th stage (Fignon); 15th stage (part 1) (Poisson)
• Paris – Nice
  • 1979: 1st stage (part 1) ( Yvon Bertin ), 6th stage ( Jean Chassang )
  • 1985: 2nd stage (Madiot), 7th stage (part 2) (Mottet)
• Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 1979:, 3rd, 5th (part 2), 6th & 7th (part 2) stage (Hinault)
  • 1981:, 4th - 7th Stage (Hinault)
  • 1982: 4th stage (part 2) (Jules)
  • 1983: 1st, 5th & 7th (part 2) stage (LeMond)
  • 1984: 7th stage (part 2) (LeMond)
• Tour de Romandie
  • 1980: (Hinault)
  • 1982: 4th stage (part 2) (Hinault)
  • 1984: Prologue, 4th stage (Fignon)
• Tirreno-Adriatico
  • 1983: 4th stage (Fignon)
  • 1984: 5th stage (Madiot)

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• Renault in the ProCyclingStats.com database