Bernard Hinault is only passing through the Tour.
And it is on the Île de Ré that the sponsor of the “Un enfant, un Vélo” operation, created by Century 21, chose to spend his only day on the Tour.
The five-time winner of the event gave us a few minutes, with his usual outspokenness.
Did the failure of Thibaut Pinot, 64th, more than twenty-five minutes from the winner during the 8th stage in the Pyrenees, surprise you?
BERNARD HINAULT.
Already, he is unlucky and that is obvious.
But should we continue to put in his head that he can win the Tour or rather say to him: "You are going to win stages"?
What is your opinion ?
Personally, I think he is not made to win the Tour but to win stages.
Why ?
To win the Tour, you have to be strong.
Mentally, you have to resist even when you have an injury.
You have to fight.
This is not the case with Thibaut Pinot?
I had a doubt in the Dauphiné with Pinot.
On the last stage, he is the leader but he explodes.
He throws away his can, gets angry.
I said to myself at that moment:
he has already lost the Tour
.
In the head at this moment, he was not strong whereas physically, he was very strong.
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What can he do to save his Tower?
Sunday he tried to attack, he tried to test himself.
Now he has to have fun.
I think he can do it from the Puy Mary stage on Friday.
Is this a runner who will have regrets at the end of his career?
He won the Tour of Lombardy (2018), that's the kind of races for him.
It packs a punch for one-day races and fetch some great stages like at Tourmalet last year and that's very good.
Primoz Roglic will he win the Tour?
He took the jersey a little early but if he can handle everything, it's very playable.
He knows he still has four or five dangerous guys in front of him.
The others, he doesn't give a fuck anymore
(sic)
.
He can let them go and win stages.
For now, he is holding out anyway.
What does the operation “One child, one bicycle” for which you are the ambassador consist of?
The goal is to give bicycles and helmets to children and to educate them about safety because in this area we often see incredible things.
France is not sufficiently equipped with cycle paths.
There are still more and more ...
Yes, but they are often littered with rubbish.
People throw away anything and everything.
We must also educate everyone.
Motorists rub the bikes, it becomes super dangerous.
Me, when I roll, I stay on the alert even if at home, it is quieter.
There is a lack of respect and education when the French have never done so much cycling with confinement.
It is even madness: it works with the fire of God.
