1980 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

July 2026 Bernard Hinault (1982).jpg Race winner Hinault (photographed in 1982) 20 April 1980 1 244 km 7h 01' 42" Bernard Hinault FRA Renault-Gitane Hennie Kuiper NED Peugeot Ronny Claes BEL IJsboerke 1979 1981 The 66th running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the monument cycling race in Belgium, was held on 20 April 1980. It was won by French rider Bernard Hinault in an average speed of 34.717 km/h. The race was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish. Only 21 of 174 participants finished the race.Deneits Stéphane L'expédition d'Hinault http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2014/lexpedition-dhinault/ vélochrono.fr https://web.archive.org/web/20160326071126/http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2014/lexpedition-dhinault/ 27 April 2014 26 March 2016 French'A cruel painfest' - cycling's oldest & toughest classic turns 130 Warwick Matt BBC Sport 20 April 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61160344 Teams Fifteen teams participated in the race:March 2019 1980 Professional cycling teams REN IJsboerke La Redoute Splendor 1980b DAF Boston SEM Marc 1980a Peugeot Boule d'Or Safir TIR BIA Mercier GIS Race summary The peloton started the race in a raging snow storm. After one hour of racing more than half of all starters had abandoned the race;Boyce Barry Top 20 All Time Major Classics #5. Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1980: Hinault, Snow, and Pain. http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_5.htm cyclingrevealed.com 18 February 2016 another hour later some 60 riders, just one-third of the field, were still in the race.Crushing Victories – Bernard Hinault at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 1980 "ROAD_THEORY" https://road-theory.com/2013/09/13/bernard-hinault-at-liege-bastogne-liege-1980/ live ROAD THEORY 13 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20211213223619/https://road-theory.com/2013/09/13/bernard-hinault-at-liege-bastogne-liege-1980/ 13 December 2021 Two riders, Rudy Pevenage and Ludo Peeters, broke away from the shattered peloton and gained a 2'15” lead by the Stockeu climb.Une édition de légende http://www.cyclo-ardennaise.net/LBL80.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090429110756/http://www.cyclo-ardennaise.net/LBL80.htm 29 April 2009 cyclo-ardennaise.net French Bernard Hinault broke clear with Silvano Contini and Henk Lubberding and, after a 20 km chase, the Hinault group caught the leaders on the climb of the Haute Levée. With 80 km mi on to go, Hinault attacked solo on the snow-covered roads and ploughed on to Liège. After seven hours of racing in glacial temperatures, he finished nearly 10 minutes ahead of Hennie Kuiper to claim his second Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory.Bernard Hinault's 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege http://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/guest-article-bernard-hinaults-1980-liege-bastogne-liege/ Velominati 19 April 2013 "wiscot" Weather conditions The edition was exceptionally hard because of the weather conditions: snow fell from the start and temperatures were near freezing point, leading commentators to call it Neige-Bastogne-Neige ("Snow-Bastogne-Snow").Bernard Hinault and his epic 1980 win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/bernard-hinault-and-his-epic-1980-win-in-liege-bastogne-liege-video/ 25 April 2015 The Bike Comes First 18 February 2016 12 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220812110528/http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/bernard-hinault-and-his-epic-1980-win-in-liege-bastogne-liege-video/ deadLiège Bastogne Liège 1980 - Bernard Hinault vainqueur sous la neige fr video YouTube 28 January 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hO_tmbIKJ0 Many media called it the worst Ardennes weather in the history of Liège–Bastogne–Liège. A feature published by the British magazine Procycling in 2000, described the infamous race: A cold wind that blew across Belgium brought snow flakes and then a heavy fall within moments of the race starting. [...] Riders struggled on, with hands to faces to keep a view on the road. The race was an anonymous mass of plastic jackets and windcheaters. Spectators stood in goggles like upmarket snowmen, red-faced in the bitterness. Within the hour some teams had barely a man left on the road. They pulled out two dozen at a time, men like Gibi Baronchelli and Giuseppe Saronni, Lucien Van Impe and Jean-René Bernaudeau.Bernard Hinault at 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege Procycling May 2000 Immediate Media Company United Kingdom Hinault was one of just 21 riders to finish the race. He suffered frostbite in two fingers of his right hand, taking three weeks for proper movement to return, and causing permanent damage.BBC News Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Cycling's oldest spring classic celebrates 130 years of torture https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61160344 Matt Warwick 20 April 2022 Results Final general classificationhttp://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Liege-Bastogne-Liege/1980-liege-bastogne-liege.html 1980 Liège-Bastogne-Liège BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing 20 March 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bernard Hinault FRA REN 1980 7h 01' 42" 2 Hennie Kuiper NED Peugeot 1980 + 9' 24" 3 Ronny Claes BEL IJsboerke 1980 s.t. 4 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1980 + 10' 34" 5 Pierre Bazzo FRA La Redoute 1980 s.t. 6 Ludo Peeters BEL IJsboerke 1980 s.t. 7 Herman Van Springel BEL Safir 1980 + 12' 05" 8 Guido Van Calster BEL Splendor 1980b + 12' 35" 9 Johan van der Velde NED TIR 1980 s.t. 10 Eddy Schepers BEL DAF 1980 s.t. 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