Bernard Thévenet

Bernard Thévenet ( born January 10, 1948 in Saint -Julien de Civry ) is a former French cyclist.

Thévenet advanced mid-1970s, the French cyclist number 1 in 1973, he finished in the Tour de France in second place behind Luis Ocaña Pernia, 1974, he fell in the Tour of sickness. Famous Thévenet is for his attack on Eddy Merckx on the Col d' Izoard in the Tour de France 1975. Merckx, who had to fight at this time with back problems and the consequences of a fist blow of a fan who tried to hold, but lost the lead without them regain to be able to. Thévenet won the Tour finally, ending the dominance of Eddy Merckx, who had in the years 1969-74 a total won five times. In 1977, he was able to repeat his success in the Tour de France. In addition to many smaller races he won, among others, also the Tour of Catalonia in 1974 and the Dauphiné Libéré the years 1976 and 1977. 1975, he was the sports newspaper L' Équipe France's Sportsman of the Year ( " champion of champions" ) selected. In 1981 he ended his cycling career.

Thévenet in 1977 tested positive for doping at Paris- Nice. The following winter he had to be hospitalized due to a liver suffering, the occurrence of which was attributed to the long-term use of steroids. Thévenet was later publicly known to have doped over a period of three years with cortisone.

Today Thévenet leads a company that sells sportswear.