2023-07-22 18:07:16
One last full of emotions. After having done a good part of the race in the lead and receiving indescribable support from his many supporters in the Petit Ballon, Thibaut Pinot finished 7th in this 20th stage of the Tour de France. “It’s crazy to be here, on my training roads, marveled Pinot on France 2, Saturday. It’s a page of my story that ends tonight. »
For his last Tour de France, the Franc-Comtois was welcomed by thousands of supporters, in “his” fiery bend by the Collectif Ultras Pinot. “In the bend I tried to find my family, I recognized faces that I knew, he continued, in tears. I was lucky to take the turn in the lead and I didn’t calculate. He was finally picked up on the last ascent by the top names, in a stage won by Tadej Pogacar. “I did what I could, but the important thing for me was elsewhere, I had fun”, he relativized.
At 33, Pinot will retire in a few months, after the Tour of Lombardy which he won in 2018. But he, in fact, lived his jubilee on Saturday in the Vosges. “I didn’t think it would have such an effect on me to be there, he was moved. I thought it would be during the Tour of Lombardy where I would have a heavy heart and finally it was here”.
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