Tour de France: “He is with the best, but the race is still long”, the beautiful promises of David Gaudu

“Put on your mask, put on your mask! When he saw David Gaudu join the Groupama-FDJ bus, Marc Madiot, his boss who, a second earlier, had decided to congratulate him, couldn’t help but scream. He knows that his little protege has just had an almost perfect first week on the Tour. And the Covid should not allow himself to get on the bus to push him out of the race. Not at all disturbed by the fairly usual rise in decibels from his boss, Gaudu replies, almost amused, that if he has to hydrate himself quickly, he must take off his mask for a few moments.