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 Arkéa–B&B Hotels.[1]
![]() Hinault in 2014 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Sébastien Hinault |
Born | Saint-Brieuc, France | 11 February 1974
Team information | |
Current team | Arkéa–B&B Hotels |
Discipline | Road |
Role |
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Professional teams | |
1997–2008 | GAN |
2009–2012 | Ag2r–La Mondiale |
2013–2014 | IAM Cycling |
Managerial team | |
2015– | Bretagne–Séché Environnement |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
One-day races and Classics
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Career
editBorn in Saint-Brieuc, Hinault debuted in 1997 with the French team GAN, which later became Crédit Agricole, and has competed in the Tour de France five times. After Crédit Agricole disbanded in 2008, Hinault joined Ag2r–La Mondiale. Hinault left Ag2r–La Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling 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 Bretagne–Séché Environnement 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
edit- 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 Jura
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
editGrand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 135 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | 123 | 125 | 137 | 147 | 138 | DNF | 115 | 113 | 132 | — | — | — | 111 | 122 | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 69 | 117 | — | — | — | 106 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Mignot, Alexandre (1 August 2012). "Direction IAM Cycling pour Sebastien Hinault" [Sebastien Hinault heading for IAM Cycling]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar-Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Sébastien Hinault directeur sportif" [Sébastien Hinault sporting director]. L'Équipe (in French). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Les coureurs français toujours sur les traces de Bernard Hinault" [French riders still in the footsteps of Bernard Hinault]. Le Croix (in French). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Tour de France : Sébastien, l'autre Hinault" [Tour de France: Sébastien, the other Hinault]. France Soir (in French). 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
External links
edit- Sébastien Hinault at Cycling Archives
- Sébastien Hinault at ProCyclingStats