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Jean-François Bernard
Personal information
Full name	Jean-François Bernard
Born	2 May 1962 (age 62); Bourgogne, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All Rounder
Professional teams
1984-1986	La Vie Claire
1987-1990	Toshiba
1991-1994	Banesto
1995	Chazal
1996	Agrigel-La Creuse
Major wins
	Grand Tour Tour de France Combination classification (1987) 3 individual stages (1986, 1987) Giro d'Italia 4 individual stages (1987, 1988) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1990) Stage Races Paris–Nice (1992)

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Jean-François Bernard (born 2 May 1962 at Luzy, Bourgogne, France) is a former French professional road bicycle racer.

Career

He turned professional in 1984 for La Vie Claire, led by Bernard Hinault. He was seen as Hinault’s successor as a winner of stage races from 1986.

He competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Bernard wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the 1987 Tour de France and won two stages, both time trials, including one on Mont Ventoux. He finished the race third behind Stephen Roche of Ireland and Pedro Delgado of Spain and was in contention all the way to the end in what still remains among the closest Tours in history.

He won three stages in the 1988 Giro d'Italia and led the race, but he crashed in a tunnel, injured his back and abandoned the race. The next year he needed an operation and months of recuperation for fibrosis in his left knee.

A saddle sore and another operation forced him out of the 1990 Tour de France.^[2] He never again challenged in the grands tours. In 1991 he joined the Spanish team, Banesto which had two leaders for stage races in Delgado and Miguel Indurain. Bernard helped Indurain dominate the Tour.

Bernard won the 1992 Paris–Nice.

Bernard retired at the end of 1996 with 52 professional wins. He is now a consultant for L'Équipe, L'Équipe TV and Eurosport. In 2005 a race, La Jean-François Bernard, was organised in the Nièvre region of Bourgogne as part of the Trophy of Bourgogne, an amateur competition.^[3] He is the father of racing cyclist Julien Bernard.^[4]

Career achievements

Major results

1983

1st

Road race, National Amateur Road Championships

1984

5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1985

1st Stage 6a Tour de Suisse

3rd Trofeo Baracchi

5th Grand Prix des Nations

9th Overall Critérium International

10th Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stage 2

10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

10th Clásica de San Sebastián

1986

1st

Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 5a (ITT)

1st Coppa Sabatini

1st Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre Trophée Fenioux

1st Stage 16 Tour de France

1st Prologue Tour d'Armorique

2nd Overall Tour de Romandie

1st Prologue & Stage 5b (ITT)

3rd Grand Prix des Nations

3rd Gran Piemonte

5th Overall Critérium International

6th Grand Prix de Cannes

7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Prologue & Stage 7b (ITT)

7th Overall Paris–Nice

9th Tour du Nord-Ouest

1987

1st Giro dell'Emilia

1st Grand Prix de Rennes

1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia

2nd Overall Paris–Nice

1st Stage 4

2nd Circuit de l'Aulne

2nd Grand Prix des Nations

3rd Overall Tour de France

1st

Combination classification

1st Stages 18 (ITT) & 24 (ITT)

7th Overall Critérium International

10th Critérium des As

1988

1st Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 1 (ITT), 8 & 15

5th Overall Tour de Romandie

9th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

1989

1st Stage 2 Tour du Vaucluse

1990

1st Stage 15 (ITT) Vuelta a España

1st Stage 7b (ITT) Paris–Nice

7th Overall Herald Sun Tour

1st Stage 7

7th Grand Prix de Wallonie

1991

1st Circuit de l'Aulne

3rd Polynormande

4th La Flèche Wallonne

6th Overall Tour du Limousin

7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

8th Giro dell'Appennino

1992

1st

Overall Paris–Nice

1st Stage 7b (ITT)

1st

Overall Critérium International

1st

Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

1st Stage 4a (ITT)

1st Polynormande

2nd Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

5th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 3

7th Overall Tour du Limousin

10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1993

1st

Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

1st Stage 4a (ITT)

2nd GP Ouest–France

8th Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stage 2

8th Subida a Urkiola

1994

8th Overall Paris–Nice

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Giro d'Italia	—	16	DNF	—	—	14	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	12	3	DNF	—	DNF	14	39	49	17	34
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	59	—	—	DNF	—	DNF

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean-François Bernard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ "French hope says he'll never be a leader". International herald tribune. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
^ "Compte rendue de la Jean-Francois Bernard". Velo 101.com. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
^ "In his words - Julien Bernard". Trek-Segafredo. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

External links

Palmares of Jean Francois Bernard at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 October 2007)
Jean-François Bernard at Olympics.com

[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean-François Bernard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

[2] "French hope says he'll never be a leader". International herald tribune. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2007.

[3] "Compte rendue de la Jean-Francois Bernard". Velo 101.com. Retrieved 13 October 2007.

[4] "In his words - Julien Bernard". Trek-Segafredo. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

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+: 9th Overall [[Critérium International]]
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+: 2nd Overall [[1986 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
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+: 5th Overall [[Critérium International]]
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-: 2nd Overall [[Paris–Nice]]
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+: 5th Overall [[1988 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
-: 5th Overall [[Tour de Romandie]]
+: 9th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
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+: 1st Stage 2 [[Tour du Vaucluse]]
 ;1990
-: 1st Stage 14 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[1990 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
+: 1st Stage 15 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[1990 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
 : 1st Stage 7b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[1990 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
+: 7th Overall [[Herald Sun Tour]]
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+: 7th [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
 ;1991
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-: 4th [[La Flèche Wallonne]]
+: 3rd [[Polynormande]]
+: 4th [[1991 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
+: 6th Overall [[Tour du Limousin]]
+: 7th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
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+::1st Stage 4a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
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+: 3rd [[1992 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
+: 5th Overall [[1992 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
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 : 10th Road race, [[1992 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
 ;1993
 : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
+::1st Stage 4a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
-: 2nd [[GP Ouest-France|GP Ouest–France]]
+: 2nd [[1993 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
+: 8th Overall [[Tour du Limousin]]
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