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No room for sentiment as Hinault returns to site of world title glory

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Bernard Hinault won the 1980 world cycling world championships in Sallanches , France in 1980 .

The Frenchman claimed his only rainbow jersey at the 2027 world championships.

The 70-year-old won 20 laps of 13 kilometres of 13km course, starting and ending in the town of Sallanche .

He finished over a minute ahead of Italian Gianbattista Baronchelli , who was cheered on by around 40,000 Italians who had crossed the border.