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The 66th running of [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]], the [[Classic cycle races#The Monuments|monument]] cycling race in [[Belgium]], was held on 20 April 1980. It was won by French Rider [[Bernard Hinault]] in an average speed of 34,717 km/h. The race was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish.<ref name= "Crushing Victories" /> Only 21 of 174 participants finished the race.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Deneits|first1=Stéphane|title=L’expédition d’Hinault|url=http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2014/lexpedition-dhinault/|website=vélochrono.fr|accessdate=18 February 2016|archivedate=27 April 2014|language=French}}</ref>
The 66th running of [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]], the [[Classic cycle races#The Monuments|monument]] cycling race in Belgium, was held on 20 April 1980. It was won by French rider [[Bernard Hinault]] in an average speed of 34.717 km/h. The race was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish.<ref name= "Crushing Victories" /> Only 21 of 174 participants finished the race.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Deneits|first1=Stéphane|title=L'expédition d'Hinault|url=http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2014/lexpedition-dhinault/|website=vélochrono.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326071126/http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2014/lexpedition-dhinault/|date=27 April 2014|archive-date=26 March 2016|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='A cruel painfest' - cycling's oldest & toughest classic turns 130 |last=Warwick |first=Matt |website=BBC Sport |date=20 April 2022 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61160344}}</ref>

== Teams ==
Fifteen teams participated in the race:{{cn|date=March 2019}}

{{cyclingteamlist|year=1980|title=Professional cycling teams|REN|IJsboerke|La Redoute|team1={{UCI team code|Splendor|1980b}}|DAF|Boston|SEM|team2={{UCI team code|Marc|1980a}}|Peugeot|Boule d'Or|Safir|TIR|BIA|Mercier|GIS}}


==Race summary==
==Race summary==
The peloton started the race in a raging snow storm. After one hour of racing more than half of all starters had abandoned the race;<ref name= "Major Classics" >{{cite web|last1=Boyce|first1=Barry|title=Top 20 All Time Major Classics #5. Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1980: Hinault, Snow, and Pain.|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_5.htm|website=cyclingrevealed.com|accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> another hour later some 60 riders, just one-third of the field, were still in the race.<ref name= "Crushing Victories" >{{cite web|title=Crushing Victories – Bernard Hinault at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 1980|url=http://ragtimecyclist.com/2013/09/13/crushing-victories-bernard-hinault-at-liege-bastogne-liege-1980/|website=ragtimecyclist.com|accessdate=18 February 2016|archivedate=13 September 2013}}</ref>
The peloton started the race in a raging snow storm. After one hour of racing more than half of all starters had abandoned the race;<ref name= "Major Classics" >{{cite web|last1=Boyce|first1=Barry|title=Top 20 All Time Major Classics #5. Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1980: Hinault, Snow, and Pain.|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_5.htm|website=cyclingrevealed.com|accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> another hour later some 60 riders, just one-third of the field, were still in the race.<ref name= "Crushing Victories" >{{cite web|title=Crushing Victories – Bernard Hinault at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 1980|author="ROAD_THEORY"|url=https://road-theory.com/2013/09/13/bernard-hinault-at-liege-bastogne-liege-1980/|url-status=live|website=ROAD THEORY|date=13 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213223619/https://road-theory.com/2013/09/13/bernard-hinault-at-liege-bastogne-liege-1980/|archive-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>


Two riders, [[Rudy Pevenage]] and [[Ludo Peeters]], broke away from the shattered peloton and gained a 2'15” lead by the Stockeu climb.<ref name= "Major Classics" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Une édition de légende|url=http://www.cyclo-ardennaise.net/LBL80.htm|website=cyclo-ardennaise.net|accessdate=18 February 2016|language=French}}</ref> [[Bernard Hinault]] broke clear with [[Silvano Contini]] and [[Henk Lubberding]] and, after a 20 km chase, the Hinault group caught the leaders on the Haute Levée climb. With {{convert|80|km|mi|abbr=on}} to go, Hinault attacked solo on the snow-covered roads and ploughed on to [[Liège]].<ref name= "Major Classics" /> After seven hours of racing in glacial temperatures, he finished nearly 10 minutes ahead of [[Hennie Kuiper]] to claim his second Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory.<ref >{{cite web|title=Guest Article: Bernard Hinault’s 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege|url=http://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/guest-article-bernard-hinaults-1980-liege-bastogne-liege/|website=velominati.com|accessdate=18 February 2016|archivedate=19 April 2013}}</ref>
Two riders, [[Rudy Pevenage]] and [[Ludo Peeters]], broke away from the shattered peloton and gained a 2'15” lead by the Stockeu climb.<ref name= "Major Classics" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Une édition de légende|url=http://www.cyclo-ardennaise.net/LBL80.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429110756/http://www.cyclo-ardennaise.net/LBL80.htm|archive-date=29 April 2009|website=cyclo-ardennaise.net|language=French}}</ref> [[Bernard Hinault]] broke clear with [[Silvano Contini]] and [[Henk Lubberding]] and, after a 20 km chase, the Hinault group caught the leaders on the climb of the Haute Levée. With {{convert|80|km|mi|abbr=on}} to go, Hinault attacked solo on the snow-covered roads and ploughed on to [[Liège]].<ref name= "Major Classics" /> After seven hours of racing in glacial temperatures, he finished nearly 10 minutes ahead of [[Hennie Kuiper]] to claim his second Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory.<ref >{{cite web|title=Bernard Hinault's 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege|url=http://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/guest-article-bernard-hinaults-1980-liege-bastogne-liege/|website=Velominati|date=19 April 2013|author="wiscot"}}</ref>


==Weather conditions==
==Weather conditions==
The edition was exceptionally hard because of the weather conditions: snow fell from the start and temperatures were near freezing point, leading commentators to call it ''Neige-Bastogne-Neige'' ''("Snow-Bastogne-Snow")''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernard Hinault and his epic 1980 win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege (VIDEO)|url=http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/bernard-hinault-and-his-epic-1980-win-in-liege-bastogne-liege-video/|website=thebikecomesfirst.com|accessdate=18 February 2016|archivedate=25 April 2015}}</ref> Many media called it the worst Ardennes weather in the history of Liège–Bastogne–Liège.<ref name= "Major Classics" /> A feature published by the British magazine [[Procycling]] in 2000, described the infamous race:
The edition was exceptionally hard because of the weather conditions: snow fell from the start and temperatures were near freezing point, leading commentators to call it ''Neige-Bastogne-Neige'' ''("Snow-Bastogne-Snow")''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernard Hinault and his epic 1980 win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege<!--link to video dead-->|url=http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/bernard-hinault-and-his-epic-1980-win-in-liege-bastogne-liege-video/|date=25 April 2015|website=The Bike Comes First}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Liège Bastogne Liège 1980 - Bernard Hinault vainqueur sous la neige|language=fr|type=video |author= |via=YouTube |access-date=28 January 2021|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hO_tmbIKJ0}}</ref> Many media called it the worst Ardennes weather in the history of Liège–Bastogne–Liège.<ref name= "Major Classics" /> A feature published by the British magazine [[Procycling]] in 2000, described the infamous race:


:''A cold wind that blew across Belgium brought snow flakes and then a heavy fall within moments of the race starting. [...] Riders struggled on, with hands to faces to keep a view on the road. The race was an anonymous mass of plastic jackets and windcheaters. Spectators stood in goggles like upmarket snowmen, red-faced in the bitterness. Within the hour some teams had barely a man left on the road. They pulled out two dozen at a time, men like [[Gianbattista Baronchelli|Gibi Baronchelli]] and [[Giuseppe Saronni]], [[Lucien Van Impe]] and [[Jean-René Bernaudeau]].''<ref name="Procycling, UK, May 2000" >{{cite journal|title=Bernard Hinault at 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege|journal=[[Procycling]]|date=May 2000|accessdate=18 February 2016|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|location=United Kingdom}}</ref>
:''A cold wind that blew across Belgium brought snow flakes and then a heavy fall within moments of the race starting. [...] Riders struggled on, with hands to faces to keep a view on the road. The race was an anonymous mass of plastic jackets and windcheaters. Spectators stood in goggles like upmarket snowmen, red-faced in the bitterness. Within the hour some teams had barely a man left on the road. They pulled out two dozen at a time, men like [[Gianbattista Baronchelli|Gibi Baronchelli]] and [[Giuseppe Saronni]], [[Lucien Van Impe]] and [[Jean-René Bernaudeau]].''<ref name="Procycling, UK, May 2000" >{{cite journal|title=Bernard Hinault at 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege|journal=[[Procycling]]|date=May 2000|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|location=United Kingdom}}</ref>


Hinault was one of just 21 riders to finish the race. He suffered frostbite in two fingers of his right hand, taking three weeks for proper movement to return,<ref name="Procycling, UK, May 2000"/> and causing lasting damage to this day.<ref name= "Crushing Victories" />
Hinault was one of just 21 riders to finish the race. He suffered frostbite in two fingers of his right hand, taking three weeks for proper movement to return,<ref name="Procycling, UK, May 2000"/> and causing permanent damage.<ref name= "Crushing Victories" /><ref>{{cite news |publisher =BBC News |title =Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Cycling's oldest spring classic celebrates 130 years of torture|url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61160344|first =Matt|last =Warwick |date =20 April 2022}}</ref>


==Results==
==Results==
{|
|'''Final general classification'''<ref name="BRI1980">{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Liege-Bastogne-Liege/1980-liege-bastogne-liege.html|title=1980 Liège-Bastogne-Liège|website=BikeRaceInfo|publisher=McGann Publishing|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time<ref name="Time">{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Liege_Bastogne_Liege_1980 |title=1980: 66th Liège-Bastogne-Liège|accessdate=19 February 2016 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
|'''1'''
! scope="col" | Rider
⚫
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}
! scope="col" | Team
|[[Renault (cycling team)|Renault-Gitane]]
! scope="col" | Time
| '''7h 01' 42"'''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hennie Kuiper]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}
| {{UCI team code|REN|1980}}
|[[Peugeot (cycling team)|Peugeot-Esso-Michelin]]
|align="right"| + 9' 24"
| style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|7h 01' 42"}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ronny Claes]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Hennie Kuiper]]|NED}}
| {{UCI team code|Peugeot|1980}}
| IJsboerke-Warncke Eis
|align="right"| s.t.
| style="text-align:right;" | + 9' 24"
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|'''4'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Alfons De Wolf]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronny Claes]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|IJsboerke|1980}}
| Boule d'Or-Colnago
|align="right"| + 10' 34"
| style="text-align:right;" | s.t.
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
|'''5'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Pierre Bazzo]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Alfons De Wolf]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|Boule d'Or|1980}}
| La Redoute-Motobecane
|align="right"| s.t.
| style="text-align:right;" | + 10' 34"
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|'''6'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ludo Peeters]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Bazzo]]|FRA}}
| {{UCI team code|La Redoute|1980}}
| IJsboerke-Warncke Eis
|align="right"| s.t.
| style="text-align:right;" | s.t.
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
|'''7'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Herman Van Springel]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ludo Peeters]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|IJsboerke|1980}}
| Safir-Ludo
|align="right"| + 12' 05"
| style="text-align:right;" | s.t.
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
|'''8'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Guido Van Calster]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Herman Van Springel]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|Safir|1980}}
|Splendor-Admiral
|align="right"| + 12' 35"
| style="text-align:right;" | + 12' 05"
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
|'''9'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Johan van der Velde]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Guido Van Calster]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|Splendor|1980b}}
| [[TI–Raleigh|Ti Raleigh-Creda]]
|align="right"| s.t.
| style="text-align:right;" | + 12' 35"
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
|'''10'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Eddy Schepers]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Johan van der Velde]]|NED}}
| {{UCI team code|TIR|1980}}
| Daf Trucks-Lejeune-PZ
|align="right"| s.t.
| style="text-align:right;" | s.t.
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
⚫
| {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Schepers]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|DAF|1980}}
| style="text-align:right;" | s.t.
|}
|}
|}

==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1980}}
*{{Official website|http://www.letour.fr/indexLBL_fr.html}}
*[http://www.cyclingfever.com/video.html?detp=view&video_idd=NzMwNg== Video of the 1980 Liège–Bastogne–Liège]
*[http://www.cyclingfever.com/video.html?detp=view&video_idd=NzMwNg== Video of the 1980 Liège–Bastogne–Liège]


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Race winner Hinault (photographed in 1982)
Race winner Hinault (photographed in 1982)
Race details
Dates20 April 1980
Stages1
Distance244 km (151.6 mi)
Winning time7h 01' 42"
Results
  Winner  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (Renault-Gitane)
  Second  Hennie Kuiper (NED) (Peugeot)
  Third  Ronny Claes (BEL) (IJsboerke)
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1981 →

The 66th running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the monument cycling race in Belgium, was held on 20 April 1980. It was won by French rider Bernard Hinault in an average speed of 34.717 km/h. The race was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish.[1] Only 21 of 174 participants finished the race.[2][3]

Teams

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Fifteen teams participated in the race:[citation needed]

Professional cycling teams

Race summary

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The peloton started the race in a raging snow storm. After one hour of racing more than half of all starters had abandoned the race;[4] another hour later some 60 riders, just one-third of the field, were still in the race.[1]

Two riders, Rudy Pevenage and Ludo Peeters, broke away from the shattered peloton and gained a 2'15” lead by the Stockeu climb.[4][5] Bernard Hinault broke clear with Silvano Contini and Henk Lubberding and, after a 20 km chase, the Hinault group caught the leaders on the climb of the Haute Levée. With 80 km (50 mi) to go, Hinault attacked solo on the snow-covered roads and ploughed on to Liège.[4] After seven hours of racing in glacial temperatures, he finished nearly 10 minutes ahead of Hennie Kuiper to claim his second Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory.[6]

Weather conditions

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The edition was exceptionally hard because of the weather conditions: snow fell from the start and temperatures were near freezing point, leading commentators to call it Neige-Bastogne-Neige ("Snow-Bastogne-Snow").[7][8] Many media called it the worst Ardennes weather in the history of Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[4] A feature published by the British magazine Procycling in 2000, described the infamous race:

A cold wind that blew across Belgium brought snow flakes and then a heavy fall within moments of the race starting. [...] Riders struggled on, with hands to faces to keep a view on the road. The race was an anonymous mass of plastic jackets and windcheaters. Spectators stood in goggles like upmarket snowmen, red-faced in the bitterness. Within the hour some teams had barely a man left on the road. They pulled out two dozen at a time, men like Gibi Baronchelli and Giuseppe Saronni, Lucien Van Impe and Jean-René Bernaudeau.[9]

Hinault was one of just 21 riders to finish the race. He suffered frostbite in two fingers of his right hand, taking three weeks for proper movement to return,[9] and causing permanent damage.[1][10]

Results

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Final general classification[11]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Bernard Hinault (FRA) Renault–Gitane 7h 01' 42"
2  Hennie Kuiper (NED) Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 9' 24"
3  Ronny Claes (BEL) IJsboerke–Warncke Eis s.t.
4  Alfons De Wolf (BEL) Boule d'Or–Studio Casa + 10' 34"
5  Pierre Bazzo (FRA) La Redoute–Motobécane s.t.
6  Ludo Peeters (BEL) IJsboerke–Warncke Eis s.t.
7  Herman Van Springel (BEL) Safir–Ludo + 12' 05"
8  Guido Van Calster (BEL) Splendor–Admiral + 12' 35"
9  Johan van der Velde (NED) TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t.
10  Eddy Schepers (BEL) DAF Trucks–Lejeune s.t.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "ROAD_THEORY" (13 September 2013). "Crushing Victories – Bernard Hinault at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 1980". ROAD THEORY. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ Deneits, Stéphane (27 April 2014). "L'expédition d'Hinault". vélochrono.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016.
  3. ^ Warwick, Matt (20 April 2022). "'A cruel painfest' - cycling's oldest & toughest classic turns 130". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ a b c d Boyce, Barry. "Top 20 All Time Major Classics #5. Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1980: Hinault, Snow, and Pain". cyclingrevealed.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Une édition de légende". cyclo-ardennaise.net (in French). Archived from the original on 29 April 2009.
  6. ^ "wiscot" (19 April 2013). "Bernard Hinault's 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege". Velominati.
  7. ^ "Bernard Hinault and his epic 1980 win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege". The Bike Comes First. 25 April 2015.
  8. ^ Liège Bastogne Liège 1980 - Bernard Hinault vainqueur sous la neige (video) (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ a b "Bernard Hinault at 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege". Procycling. United Kingdom: Immediate Media Company. May 2000.
  10. ^ Warwick, Matt (20 April 2022). "Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Cycling's oldest spring classic celebrates 130 years of torture". BBC News.
  11. ^ "1980 Liège-Bastogne-Liège". BikeRaceInfo. McGann Publishing. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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