Tour de France – Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ): “I was not mentally ready”

At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Marc Madiot announced it bluntly: “David Gaudu will be the sole leader of the team. And Thibaut Pinot in all this? “He will be David’s guardian angel in the mountains. We reverse the roles compared to the past, ”said the manager of Groupama-FDJ. The climber from Franche-Comté will therefore first put himself at the service of his training, which is aiming for a final podium in Paris, before being able to think of playing his card on certain stages.