Stage victory of Romain Bardet’s general Thibaut Pinot: The French shine on the Alps Tour

Thibaut Pinot had been waiting to raise his arms for 1007 days. The Groupama-FDJ rider’s final victory was on July 20, 2019 at the 14th.^and Stage of the Tour de France. The darling of the French people, who was at the peak of his form at the time, he had won a legendary race at the top of the Col du Tourmalet. Afterwards, Thibaut Pinot went through very complicated times, especially due to a back injury that kept him down for months.

Therefore, on Friday, April 22, the 31-year-old Frenchman ended his ordeal by winning the final stage of the Tour des Alpes. A victory that Thibaut Pinot also enjoyed after second place the day before: “I was so disgusted yesterday. I’ve had rabies with a knife between my teeth since this morning. I wanted her even though it was raining. I had only one thing on my mind: to win. (…) It is very relaxing. It was good to see that maybe I could win yesterday. I did the whole scene with a broken speaker. Some of my specialties: I recover very quickly and my failures give me strength. i exceeded“, thus proclaiming all smiles into the mountaineer’s microphone. Channel Team.

That’s why the Alps smiled at the French as Romain Bardet won the general classification. The Frenchman from DSM, who was second behind Spain’s Pello Bilbao at the beginning of the stage, managed to win in the end. Romain Bardet succeeded thanks to his victory… Thibaut Pinot, the last French rider to win the Tour des Alpes in 2018.

This is the top 10 of the 5th and final stage as well as the overall classification: The day went well for Groupama-FDJ and Michael Storer took 2nd place behind Romain Bardet. Thymen Arensman rounds out the podium. Pello Bilbao finished 4th. #TopA pic.twitter.com/6mzAPWT39X

— Gruppetto (@TheGruppetto) April 22, 2022

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