1. Nacer Bouhanni won his first stage of the 2012 season by winning stage 1 of the Etoile de Besseges.
16 Facts About Nacer Bouhanni
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Nacer Bouhanni rode his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a Espana, where his best finish was second on stage 10.
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Nacer Bouhanni rode the Giro d'Italia, where he finished second to Mark Cavendish on the first stage, but abandoned on stage 13.
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Nacer Bouhanni rode his first Tour de France in 2013, however he got sick and retired after a crash on stage 5.
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The latter saw a battle occur in the crosswinds and Nacer Bouhanni managed to stay with the first group on the road to win the sprint ahead of Michael Matthews and Peter Sagan.
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Nacer Bouhanni had to wait until April 2015 to get his first victory for his new team on the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe in a bunch sprint as the breakaway was caught inside the final kilometre.
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Nacer Bouhanni won his team's first UCI World Tour race of the season on stage 2 of the Criterium du Dauphine in a bunch sprint.
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Nacer Bouhanni added a win on Stage 4 after a hectic finale which saw a flurry of attacks.
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Nacer Bouhanni was forced to withdraw from the 2015 Tour de France after a crash at the 12-kilometre mark of Stage 5.
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In 2016, Nacer Bouhanni won stage 1 of the Volta a Catalunya and took the leader's jersey.
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Nacer Bouhanni had to withdraw from the French National Road Race Championships due to a hand injury sustained in an altercation with fellow guests at a hotel the night before the race.
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Nacer Bouhanni was penalised one minute time for hitting another rider, Jack Bauer, in the 2017 Tour de France.
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Nacer Bouhanni subsequently apologised for his behaviour, but maintained that Barbier had ridden dangerously and irregularly in the finishing sprint.
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Nacer Bouhanni started his sprint behind his leadout man, and as he began to accelerate up to speed, he veered to his left to try and get onto the wheel of eventual winner Elia Viviani.
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In doing so, Nacer Bouhanni pinned Jake Stewart against the barriers.
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Nacer Bouhanni has a son with his partner, actress Hafsia Herzi.