Little French was spoken on the Tour podiums this year.
Of the six French teams entered on the Grande Boucle, only one has won a stage.
Others were crippled too quickly by bad luck or their inadequacies.
AG2R La Mondiale: 12/20.
The Savoyard team, after a failed Critérium du Dauphiné, had sworn to recover.
She kept her word.
It is the only French team to win a stage with the success of Nans Peters at Loudenvielle (8th stage).
It was also illustrated by the long adventure, during fourteen days, of Benoit Cosnefroy with the polka dot jersey.
Only downside, for his last Tour at AG2R before going into exile with Sunweb, Romain Bardet, concussed after a fall at the Puy Mary, had to abandon the Tour for the first time.
B&B Hotels-Vital Concept: 10/20.
Of course, Jérôme Pineau's training was not successful, but it perfectly justified the invitation of the organizers.
Whenever they could, the men in green tried something.
Not just to show the sponsor on TV.
Pierre Rolland, at 33, displayed a desire for a young man.
During the Grand Colombier stage, he did not go far.
Cofidis: 9/20.
Of course, Guillaume Martin, the house climber, finishes best French.
But he had other ambitions.
A year ago, with Wanty-Gobert, he finished 12th overall.
He only wins one place with a team built around him.
Long in a waiting position, it withered over the days.
Cofidis also missed a stage success behind which he has been racing since… 2008.
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Groupama-FDJ: 6/20.
It was “all for Thibaut”.
So it was nothing.
The Tour almost ended for them from the 1st stage and the back injuries of Thibaut Pinot and David Gaudu on the asphalt of Nice.
Confused, Marc Madiot's men dragged their misery at the back of the peloton for a long time before aiming, without success, for a stage success in particular by the Swiss Sébastien Reichenbach (3rd on September 15 in Villard-de-Lans).
Arkéa-Samsic: 5/20.
The bet to engage the Colombian Nairo Quintana, 2nd in 2013 and 2015, 3rd in 2016, was missed.
His start to the season before confinement was nevertheless promising.
But a heavy fall between Oléron and the Ile de Ré severely handicapped him.
He finished in an anonymous 17th place.
The other head of the gondola, Warren Barguil, is the other disappointment.
His 14th place finish is a sham.
He was never in the game.
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Total Direct Energie: 4/20.
The time when this team threw itself on all the possibilities is long gone.
Admittedly, the adventurer Jérôme Cousin was elected combative of the day of the 3rd stage before arriving late during the 16th stage.
But Lilian Calmejane, for his last Tour before leaving for AG2R, did not go the distance.
A Tour to forget for the Vendeans.
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