He had already explained to us how much he enjoyed the Virage Auteuil.
Thibaut Pinot, 31, rider of the Groupama-FDJ cycling team, has supported PSG since he saw Jay-Jay Okocha one day in August 1998 score with a thirty-meter strike against Bordeaux.
“If I had lived in Paris, I would have been Ultra,” he told us in 2019.
This Tuesday, in an interview published by Ouest-France, and carried out during his team's recent internship in Calpe, Spain, Thibaut Pinot evokes his passion with even more intensity. The third in the Tour de France 2014, seriously injured in the back during the first stage of the Tour 2020, is thus questioned about his desires to lead a "Robinson's life" for his after career.
“I hope so,” he said first.
Truly.
I hope to find myself with my animals… I would like to make an educational farm and bed and breakfast in the middle.
Make honey, jam.
World Cup.
Make things.
"It was then that he added:" And go have fun, sing as often as possible in the Auteuil bend at the Parc des Princes.
It's curious, I, who am very savage, cannot understand why I feel so good in this gallery.
I forget everything, I'm another man, I love it.
"
Thibaut Pinot during the 30th anniversary of the Virage Auteuil at the Parc des Princes.
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The runner has often been seen recently at the Parc des Princes.
He was present in particular during the match against Nantes, on November 20, where the Ultras celebrated the 30 years of Virage Auteuil, with huge blows of giant tifos and smoke.
In December 2016, we introduced him to his idols by visiting the PSG facilities at Camp des Loges.
In this interview with Ouest-France, Pinot also talks about his ambitions and expectations for the coming season: “We are waiting to be able to hurt others again.
I am frustrated that I haven't been able to harness what I've had under the hood for the past two years.
I hope I can finally be released.
Hurting and raising your arms ”.
But it also emphasizes how much his body takes over the years.
"I still have apprehensions, and I think it is necessary," he emphasizes as well.
I have been on a bicycle saddle since I was six years old.
Obviously, I feel the weight of the years.
The cuts are getting harder and harder.
I feel that the body is giving way all over the place.
"
He also makes this confession: “I am on the fringes of this environment.
And even from society, I believe.
The day I retire, I'll smash my phone against a wall.
Responding to a message is a chore for me ”.
But there will always be the Park.