Tour de France: “He knows how to manage this kind of challenge” … ejected from the podium, Romain Bardet has not given up

He sat in the shade of a red organization car and asked for a minute before speaking. Not to go to meditate facing the mountain like the day before at the top of his art and the Granon. This Thursday, Romain Bardet needed to breathe. It was a question of catching his breath, the one that cut him off in the middle of his final effort in Alpe-d’Huez.