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Detailed explanation-1: -Bernard Hinault (pronounced [bɛʁ. naʁ i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist . With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eddie Merckx With an unequalled 11 Grand Tour wins, conquering all five Monuments, and three World Championships (plus a whole lot of other victories and feats to his name), Eddy is the most respected and probably most frequently quoted cyclist of all time.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hinault is the most recent French winner of the Tour de France, he won his fifth yellow jersey in 1985. France won nine of the eleven editions of the Tour de France between 1975 and 1985 but have now gone over 35 years without seeing a yellow jersey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, 25-time French champion and 13-time world champion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Julian Alaphilippe (born 11 June 1992) is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-fold UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe. Alaphilippe at the 2018 Tour of Britain, a race that he won.