#stephane hinault

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Rose Griffons Headcanons

Giving some love and recognition for my country representatives !

-They get along very well with the other European teams, especially with England’s Knights of Queen.

-Despite losing a lot in the FFI, their goalkeeper Roger Pialat is considered one of the best goalkeepers in Europe. (He even managed to create a stronger version of Galatyn).

-Despite being the captain, Pierre Godin doesn’t wear his captain’s armband very often. He said that he doesn’t really like it, to which his teammates don’t really understand.

-Pierre also considers Edgar as his soulbrother, since they both have similar personalities. The main difference is that Pierre is not an attacker at all (He did go on the attack sometimes, but only if he sees an opening in the rival’s team by his defender position).

-Pierre is always stylish and gracious no matter what. He also secretly like teasing Julien.

-Michaël Aron is the cook of the team.

-Francis Poujol wants to be an architect when he grow up.

-Kévin Pinot adores history, more specifically the Napoleonic period.

-Roland Pérec lives in Paris and just loves the atmosphere. He also loves seeing people being amazed by the city’s monuments while sipping some coffee.

-They all are mastering something already, and a lot of people from other teams are jealous of them, mostly non European teams, since the other European teams are happy for their early success (some others even have some success already too !) : Romuald Huysmans already gains well in his life by being of the most famous models worldwide. On the other hand, Stéphane Hinault is also one of the top hit singers. It’s really something to go this far already for such young people. 

-Julien Rosseau, being as pretentious as he is, believes he is the best representative of his team. On top of that, he matches with the team’s name as he always carry a rose between his teeth. The main reason of him believing that is because a lot of their supporters are saying he is the best player, and that he should be the captain, although Pierre is a great captain too (It’s probably the reason why Pierre tease him, as he is the captain). Roland even thinks it’s a bit infuriating for Julien to see Pierre without his captain’s band.

-Jérôme Hervaud has an enhanced sense of smell, giving him a special talent of creating and spotting great parfumes.

-Alain is the son of a bicycle repairman, but he hates working on them. He actually loves riding a bike and wants to participate in the Tour de France one day. His teammates are fully supportive of his dream, and they even say that football will help since he will grow stronger. They help him getting up whereas his strict father tries to bring him down.

-Alain was born in Martinique. His family decided to move out to France when he was fairly young.

-Émile goes to cinema to watch every new movies that comes out. He has a huge collection of DVD’s to a point where almost all his dining room is filled with them.

-André Pinson has been a huge fan of philosophy ever since he discovers it thanks to his dad. He wants to be a philosophy teacher when he’s older. For that, he is “training” with his teammates, but they don’t understand a lot about philosophy.

-Jean Gutain believed he was the best fashion creator, until Knights of Queen’s member Mickey Richards defeated him. So he needs to prove his talent again.

-Claude is already a great baker, he wants to expand his business worldwide when he gets older.

-Michel is great at gardening, he even cherishes roses to give some new fresh ones to Julien.

-Full names :

Roger Ladji Pialat

Pierre Godin (no other name(s))

Michaël Aron (no other name(s))

Francis Carlos Grégory Poujol

Kévin Pinot (no other name(s))

Roland Léo Pérec

Romuald Ronnie Ross Huysmans

Stéphane Hinault (no other name(s))

Julien Rosseau (no other name(s))

Jérôme Éloi Hervaud

Alain Favreau (no other name(s))

Émile Lazare (no other name(s))

André Pinson (no other name(s))

Jean John Gutain

Claude Moreau (no other name(s))

Michel Morland (no other name(s))

-The members that are still representing France when they’re adults are : Roger Pialat, Pierre Godin, Roland Pérec, Romuald Huysmans, Stéphane Hinault, Julien Rosseau, Alain Favreau, Émile Lazare, Jean Gutain and Michel Morland. Though it is rumored that Pierre might not be the captain anymore but rather the substitute captain.

-Members from youngest to oldest :

Claude Moreau (11) - Roland Pérec (12) - Romuald Huysmans (13) - Stéphane Hinault (14) - Michel Morland (14) - Jean Gutain (14) - Alain Favreau (15) - Julien Rosseau (15) - Émile Lazare (15) - Pierre Godin (15) - Roger Pialat (15) - Jérôme Hervaud (15) - Kevin Pinot (15) - Francis Poujol (15) - André Pinson (15) - Michaël Aron (15)

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More jeers for Froome at start of Tour de France

LA-ROCHE-SUR-YON, France (Reuters) – Chris Froome was loudly booed again at the start of the Tour de France second stage on Sunday, as the defending champion being cleared of doping last year seemed to count for little with the French crowd.

FILE PHOTO: Cycling – Tour de France – Team Sky Training – July 6, 2018 – Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain is seen before training. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

The Team sky rider rode through a chorus of jeers and whistles in the western city of Mouilleron-Saint-Germain on his way to the start line, three days after being similarly booed at the teams’ presentation ceremony.

Froome was cleared last week of any wrongdoing by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI) after testing positive for excessive levels of the asthma drug Salbutamol during last year’s Tour of Spain.

Cycling – Tour de France – The 182.5-km Stage 2 from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon – July 8, 2018 – A detail on the bike of Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Sky spent over a million euros to defend Froome in the case, leading some to question the fairness of the process.

Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford said he believed the process will eventually be fair for everyone, after the British team said it had shown the likelihood of ‘false positive’ results.

“For me I’d be looking at that…. ‘Thanks very much for the investment, we can use this to keep on developing, to make sure the rules are better, redefine them to protect innocent riders,” the Welshman told reporters on Sunday.

“I would not take it from another angle which is one rule for one and one rule for another.”

Cycling – Tour de France – The 201-km Stage 1 from Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile to Fontenay-le-Comte – July 7, 2018 – Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain carries his bicycle after his crash. Jeff Pachoud/Pool via REUTERS

“At the end of the day we have a set of rules and we expect them to be reviewed and updated and kept on point.”

Public opinion in France, however, remains hostile towards four-times winner Froome, who is hoping to join French legends Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault with five victories in the race.

One banner held up by the side of the road on Saturday read “Froome out”, while another read “Froome go home”.

“We have to just deal with it, that’s all. It’s not the first time, that’s the way it is,” said sports director Nicolas Portal.

Froome also had problems on the bike as he crashed five kilometers from the finish in Saturday’s opening stage, losing 51 seconds to two big rivals, France’s Romain Bardet and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

“I know there’s always a high risk of crashing in the first week,” said Froome, who had bandages on his elbow and knee. “It’s never nice to lose time, never good to start on the back foot, but there’s a lot of racing to come.”

Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Hugh Lawson

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More jeers for Froome at start of Tour de France

LA-ROCHE-SUR-YON, France (Reuters) – Chris Froome was loudly booed again at the start of the Tour de France second stage on Sunday, as the defending champion being cleared of doping last year seemed to count for little with the French crowd.

FILE PHOTO: Cycling – Tour de France – Team Sky Training – July 6, 2018 – Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain is seen before training. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

The Team sky rider rode through a chorus of jeers and whistles in the western city of Mouilleron-Saint-Germain on his way to the start line, three days after being similarly booed at the teams’ presentation ceremony.

Froome was cleared last week of any wrongdoing by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI) after testing positive for excessive levels of the asthma drug Salbutamol during last year’s Tour of Spain.

Cycling – Tour de France – The 182.5-km Stage 2 from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon – July 8, 2018 – A detail on the bike of Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Sky spent over a million euros to defend Froome in the case, leading some to question the fairness of the process.

Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford said he believed the process will eventually be fair for everyone, after the British team said it had shown the likelihood of ‘false positive’ results.

“For me I’d be looking at that…. ‘Thanks very much for the investment, we can use this to keep on developing, to make sure the rules are better, redefine them to protect innocent riders,” the Welshman told reporters on Sunday.

“I would not take it from another angle which is one rule for one and one rule for another.”

Cycling – Tour de France – The 201-km Stage 1 from Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile to Fontenay-le-Comte – July 7, 2018 – Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain carries his bicycle after his crash. Jeff Pachoud/Pool via REUTERS

“At the end of the day we have a set of rules and we expect them to be reviewed and updated and kept on point.”

Public opinion in France, however, remains hostile towards four-times winner Froome, who is hoping to join French legends Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault with five victories in the race.

One banner held up by the side of the road on Saturday read “Froome out”, while another read “Froome go home”.

“We have to just deal with it, that’s all. It’s not the first time, that’s the way it is,” said sports director Nicolas Portal.

Froome also had problems on the bike as he crashed five kilometers from the finish in Saturday’s opening stage, losing 51 seconds to two big rivals, France’s Romain Bardet and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

“I know there’s always a high risk of crashing in the first week,” said Froome, who had bandages on his elbow and knee. “It’s never nice to lose time, never good to start on the back foot, but there’s a lot of racing to come.”

Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Hugh Lawson

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More jeers for Froome at start of Tour de France

LA-ROCHE-SUR-YON, France (Reuters) – Chris Froome was loudly booed again at the start of the Tour de France second stage on Sunday, as the defending champion being cleared of doping last year seemed to count for little with the French crowd.

FILE PHOTO: Cycling – Tour de France – Team Sky Training – July 6, 2018 – Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain is seen before training. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

The Team sky rider rode through a chorus of jeers and whistles in the western city of Mouilleron-Saint-Germain on his way to the start line, three days after being similarly booed at the teams’ presentation ceremony.

Froome was cleared last week of any wrongdoing by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI) after testing positive for excessive levels of the asthma drug Salbutamol during last year’s Tour of Spain.

Cycling – Tour de France – The 182.5-km Stage 2 from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon – July 8, 2018 – A detail on the bike of Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Sky spent over a million euros to defend Froome in the case, leading some to question the fairness of the process.

Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford said he believed the process will eventually be fair for everyone, after the British team said it had shown the likelihood of ‘false positive’ results.

“For me I’d be looking at that…. ‘Thanks very much for the investment, we can use this to keep on developing, to make sure the rules are better, redefine them to protect innocent riders,” the Welshman told reporters on Sunday.

“I would not take it from another angle which is one rule for one and one rule for another.”

Cycling – Tour de France – The 201-km Stage 1 from Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile to Fontenay-le-Comte – July 7, 2018 – Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain carries his bicycle after his crash. Jeff Pachoud/Pool via REUTERS

“At the end of the day we have a set of rules and we expect them to be reviewed and updated and kept on point.”

Public opinion in France, however, remains hostile towards four-times winner Froome, who is hoping to join French legends Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault with five victories in the race.

One banner held up by the side of the road on Saturday read “Froome out”, while another read “Froome go home”.

“We have to just deal with it, that’s all. It’s not the first time, that’s the way it is,” said sports director Nicolas Portal.

Froome also had problems on the bike as he crashed five kilometers from the finish in Saturday’s opening stage, losing 51 seconds to two big rivals, France’s Romain Bardet and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

“I know there’s always a high risk of crashing in the first week,” said Froome, who had bandages on his elbow and knee. “It’s never nice to lose time, never good to start on the back foot, but there’s a lot of racing to come.”

Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Hugh Lawson

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