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Dead end on the Tour, critics, Giro ... Thibaut Pinot "took a big hit"

2021-01-19T16:01:38.221Z


This Tuesday, the leader of the Groupama-FDJ team returned to his nightmarish Tour and his choice to participate in the Giro in 2021. Hoping to return to the Grande Boucle in 2022.


At the end of the videoconference presentation of the Groupama-FDJ team and the announcement of Thibaut Pinot's program who will align with the Tour of Italy and turn his back on the Tour de France in 2021, the Franc-Comtois is, at a press conference returned to this orientation.

Extracts during a relaxed conference, that of a man sure of his choice, determined to regain pleasure in the hope of finding the path to success.

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Giro vs Tour


“It was a relief to know that my decision had been accepted.

It took a long time.

Everyone had their interests.

Mine I felt that it was the year to return to the Giro given the Tour and Giro routes and my last two complicated Tours.

I had to start over with a new program, new goals.

After the Tour, I watched the Giro on TV.

The Giro is the only race that I'm able to watch a stage, even a sprint stage I'm able to watch it.

I don't know why, there is something about this race that makes me want to go.

The Giro will be important in my season, and my career.

I just want to think about the Giro, not the Olympics, or the Vuelta or anything.

I want to succeed in my Giro. ”

The nightmare of the Tour de France 2020


"The Tour when you are at the top 100%, it's the most beautiful race in the world, it's the dream of every cyclist but when it's a hassle as I could living it is the worst place you want to be when you're a cyclist.

I had only one desire, it was to take my step and go hide, it was complicated.

I had a bad experience of this Tour de France.

Going to the Giro will do me good, as I was able to do in 2018 and I think I will come back stronger in 2022 on the Tour. ”

“I took it in the face.

I don't want it to get to me anymore ”

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The quest for pleasure


“I experienced a difficult end of the season when the pleasure was not there.

I can't wait to get back to racing, any but having fun again.

It's been too long since I could fully express my talent, that's why I want to go back to the races very quickly.

Pleasure is what motivates me. ”

The weight of the critics


“I took it all in.

I don't want this to get to me anymore… I'm 30 years old, when I hear recent comments about me, I try to miss it, there is no point in fighting anymore.

When it is still said that I am running away from media pressure, it is totally false.

But we still say it, we always speak for me.

Since 2012 that I am on the Tour, we speak a lot in my place and it is useless to defend oneself because it is wasted effort, now I try to make my bike, to make my race. "

The obsession with the general classification


“It's in me, but I'm not going to take the lead as I have in recent years.

I will try to let my desire, my heart speak and show what I'm capable of, put less pressure on the general classification.

It worked very well on some big Tour where I was going a little inside and it went rather very well, whether in 2014 on the Tour (3rd) or in 2018 on the Vuelta.

I'm not the type to get up and waste half an hour, I will do the Giro from day to day and I will see.

The important thing is to beat myself up and win races.

To let go, to stop calculating, not to stay precise as I was able to do on certain races, to express what I can do with my qualities and my faults, I have a lot of faults but I have 30 years is a bit late to erase certain faults, even if I try to improve. ”

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Source: lefigaro

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