Three hard moments to accept

Thibaut Pinot the cursed

Cycism »Thirty-four years after Bernard Hinault, Thibaut Pinot was to be the first Frenchman to win the Tour de France.

No injuries on the horizon, no angina, no pneumonia, as was too often the case in the past: Thibaut Pinot was ready. Ready to face his demons and detractors and put on this much-desired yellow tunic. Four days before his arrival in Paris, before the two justices of the peace of this 106th edition of the Tour de France, he was the strongest. Although fourth in the general classification, he had shown more potential than his rivals Julian Alaphilippe, too short in the mountains, Geraint Thomas, who disliked steep alpine slopes, and Egan Bernal, still young faced with the experience of

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