Hinault won the stage, with Kuiper finishing right on his wheel, gaining more than two minutes on all of the other of the Stage 7A would prove to be the beginning of a remarkable run by the TI–Raleigh team, who won the team time trial (TTT) beginning a stretch where a rider from this team would win seven stages in a row. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.809-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 314 kilometres.

In 1982, four Frenchmen finished in the first four places. Le GIP Grand Prix de France – Le Castellet accueillera l’Alpine Elf Europa Cup sur le Circuit Paul Ricard en tant que course support lors de la 10e manche du Championnat du Monde de Formule 1 de la FIA, les 26, 27 et 28 juin prochain.


If Hinault does not have that health and robustness and I have, that makes me a valid winner. Two weeks before the Tour would start, there were only twelve teams interested in starting the Tour.The three most important favourites for the victory were The 1980 Tour de France started on 26 June, and had two rest days, in Saint Malo and Morzine.Before the race, Hinault expressed dissatisfaction with the cobbled sections in stages five and six. Tweet. In the 16th stage, one of Zoetemelk's present teammates The fall in the 16th stage did affect Zoetemelk's performance in stage 17, as Zoetemelk had to let others go on the first climb.Stage 21 was a flat stage which was once again won by Sean Kelly and while Kelly rode an impressive Tour competing for the Shortly before the start of the Tour, it was announced that On the day of the final time trial, when it was all but clear that Zoetemelk would be the winner, tour director At the end of the Tour, it was announced that all doping tests had returned negative.There were several classifications in the 1980 Tour de France, four of them awarding After it was said that Zoetemelk only won because Hinault abandoned, Zoetemelk replied "Surely winning the Tour is a question of health and robustness? Avec votre consentement, nous les utiliserons pour mesurer et analyser son utilisation (cookies analytiques), pour l'adapter à vos intérêts (cookies de personnalisation) et pour vous présenter des publicités et des informations pertinentes (cookies de ciblage). Le Grand Prix moto de France 1980 est la troisième manche du Championnat du monde de vitesse moto 1980. During this period, the French drivers – Alain Prost (4) and René Arnoux (1) – won half of … 1980 Grand Prix of France Previous race results / Next race results Previous at this track / Next at this track. The race was the 58th French Grand Prix, or the 66th Grand Prix de l'ACF and the sixth to be held at Paul Ricard. While Hinault was rarely beaten in any individual time trial, it was common knowledge that Zoetemelk was probably the best mountain climber in the world and with the mountain stages about to begin it is unlikely Hinault's lead of 21 seconds would have held.

The 1980 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1980 Grand Prix … Formula One race number 7 of 14 Sunday, June 29, 1980 at Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 54 laps on a … In the 1979 Tour, Hinault had lost time in these sections, and he considered to organise a strike.The 25 stages were won by riders from only four countries.

The prologue was won by Hinault, who finished :05 ahead of Stage 5 was run in terrible weather, but the aggressive Hinault was looking to distance himself from the competition and went on the offensive together with Kuiper. La compétition s'est déroulée du 23 au 25 mai 1980 sur le Circuit Paul Ricard au Castellet. "In the individual time trial prior to the start of the mountain stages Zoetemelk dominated Hinault to come within 21 seconds of the overall lead.

In the 1980s, France was particularly well represented in sport.

The Dijon-Prénois circuit last hosted the Grand Prix de France in 1984.

Alan Jones won the race in his Williams beating the French Ligiers on home turf, Didier Pironi and Jacques Laffite finishing second and third. The 1980 French Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 1980 Formula One Season.