Tour de France: “The podium is going to be very complicated”… Does Gaudu still have to play for the general classification?

2023-07-16 02:38:46

He would like to, but he can’t. Mouth wide open, overwhelmed by the heat and the slope of the Grand Colombier, David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) is still losing minutes at the top of the Bugey pyramid. The Breton cannot do more. “It is clear that we are not fighting for that, slips quickly, his friend Thibaut Pinot. We always hope for better. ” Ninth in the provisional classification 6′52′ from the yellow jersey at the end of the 13th stage of the Tour, David Gaudu knows that he has surely put on a handkerchief and tied a knot on his initial ambition: the podium on the Champs -Elysees.