Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. 1982 was Bernard Hinault’s easiest Tour victory, he was simply unstoppable. He even won the final stage in Paris, usually a stage for the sprinters rather than the overall contenders. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Bernard Hinault checks his pockets before the stage ‘Depart’ flanked by his team mates Hubert Arbes and Lucien Didier. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Through villages and towns, the tour is greeted by the local musicians & marionettes. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. The motorcycle police at the Tour de France. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. In the picture, from left to right, Jan Raas the Dutch classics star, Hinault’s loyal lieutenant Patrick Bonnet, Frédéric Brun the Peugeot hardman, Bernard Hinault and Marino Lejaretta. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Sheep on the roadside. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. There were three individual time trials in 1982, Hinault won two in Martigues and Saint-Priest. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Viewers watch the peloton on either side of the road, sitting atop hay bales and bringing their own garden chairs. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. On stage 16 between Orcières-Merlette and Alpe d’Huez Protesting farmers had stopped the race just before the start, after a short delay the riders were allowed to continue. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Onlookers sit in the shade of a parasol by the side of the road. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Onlookers picnic on the roadside. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Riders relax whilst the Tour organisers negotiate with farmers on stage 16 to remove their tractors from the road. Farmers are prostesting against certain Common Market price fixing of agricultura (...)
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. The climb through the Alps. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Belgian Ludo Peeters uses the stage 16 delay to catch up on some sleep. He won the first road stage of the Tour that year – one of three in his ten Tours de France. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Onlookers. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Dietrich Thurau. He abandoned the 1982 Tour on stage 20, succumbing to his injuries after a crash, just one stage before reaching Paris. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Two of the Renault-Elf team struggle at the back of the group. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. A lone piper on the road to Alpe d’Huez. Two Belgian supporters in Raleigh colours await their team. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
HG | Tour de France, 1982. Into the valley before the big Alpine mountains. © HG | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. Into the valley before the big Alpine mountains. At the back wearing the tricolour jersey is the French Champion Régis Clère. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert | Tour de France, 1982. The peloton sweeps into Paris and onto the Place de la Concorde past the Hotel Crillon. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos
