page_title: Bernard Thévenet
hierarchical_section_title: Bernard Thévenet
caption_attribution_description: French rider Bernard Thevenet riding on Mount Royal at the 1974 World Cycling Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
context_page_description: Bernard Thévenet is a retired French bicycle racer. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though both feats are tarnished by Thévenet's later admission of steroids use during his career. He also won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1975 and 1976.
context_section_description: Bernard Thévenet ([bɛʁ.naʁ te.və.nɛ]; born 10 January 1948) is a retired French bicycle racer. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though both feats are tarnished by Thévenet's later admission of steroids use during his career. He also won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1975 and 1976.
caption: Thévenet in Montreal in 1974
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