Team manager, Jean Stablinski, enters Hinault into as many stage races as possible. This perhaps forced him into considering a change of team at the end of the season, but it was to be the team manager that would change . . .
The young Bernard Hinault signs his first professional contract at the age of twenty-one. His first year as a pro doesn't go to his liking - he isn't used to being beaten! He gets his first taste of pro racing the hard way . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

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