Frenchman Bernard Hinault from L'Equipe strains for the finish line at the last stage - Fontenay-sous-Bois to Paris (Champs-Élysées) - to win the Tour de France in 1982. Hinault, who had won the Tour in 1978, 1979 and 1981, and left the 1980 Tour in leading position, was the clear favourite for victory in 1982 Tour de France. In those other years, Hinault had won several races before the Tour, but in 1982 he had only won one major race, the 1982 Giro d'Italia. Hinault became the fourth cyclist, after Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx, to win the Giro-Tour double. In sum, Hinault claimed 28 stages wins from 1978-1986.