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Tour de France: on the attack this Sunday, David Gaudu makes an appointment for the last week

2021-07-11T19:45:48.777Z


Sick on the slopes of Ventoux in the middle of the week, the Breton of Groupama-FDJ regained his health before starting the last week


What if he was the Frenchman of the third and final week of the Tour? David Gaudu, who came seventh in Andorra just over a minute behind the winner of the day, the American Sepp Kuss, has recovered his colors and above all his health. The Frenchman of Groupama-FDJ was in the good shots of the day and reassured himself. Even if he misses the bouquet at the finish, he had a very good day, full of promises for the future: “David had checked this stage, we had to do everything to put it in the best conditions. It did not work but we will try again ", promises his teammate Valentin Madouas who, with Bruno Armirail, did the job to take him in the best conditions to Andorra:" The FDJ did a big job and that allowed to have a good tempo all day ",congratulates them the world champion Julian Alaphilippe.

Sick in Ventoux, in legs in Andorra

Remember, we had left David Gaudu Wednesday on the slopes of Ventoux white as a sheet, vomiting his bile on the road.

The Breton was doing very badly.

He paid dearly for the winter weather last weekend on the heights of Tignes.

His body could not stand the cold and heat imposed on the peloton.

A first attempt in the Pyrenees ended with a top 10 stage.

Strongly the continuation.

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- Groupama-FDJ Cycling Team (@GroupamaFDJ) July 11, 2021

But it's all behind him. David Gaudu has once again become a serious candidate for a stage victory as the final days of racing loom. His boss Marc Madiot in any case found a smile when he thought about it: “When I see what David did, who has recovered from his cold snap the other day, I remain optimistic. This Sunday, he fell on stronger than him, that's all. We will see him again, I believe, in this third week. There is no reason to lower your head, ”explains the manager of Groupama-FDJ.

Why so much optimism in the ranks of a decimated team? Because the profiles of the next two stages, after the rest day on Monday, are favorable to the Breton. It goes up, it goes up even a lot and David Gaudu, as long as he is in legs, loves it. He is no longer a threat to anyone in the jersey rankings - he is 14th overall at 27′15 ′ 'from the yellow jersey - and if he is smart, he can afford an exit ticket in the high Pyrenean passes. . Above all, David Gaudu is comfortable with the ends of Tours. The revelation of the last Vuelta, he won two stages in Spain in the fall, including one on the penultimate day. He had kept some under the pedal. It's a good sign for the future here. Gaudu has said it since the start of Brest: he wants more than anything a stage victory on this Tour 2021.He has a few days left to succeed in this bet.

Source: leparis

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