Thibaut Pinot can’t take it anymore

Pinot can’t take it anymore

At the end of the 17th stage of the Tour de France 2022, 129 kilometers from Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes, Thibaut Pinot could not hide all his disappointment.

“I tried to give a hand to David Gaudu but I am disappointed,” the Groupama-FDJ Frenchman pointed out. “I am in a complicated moment and I feel that I am not bringing anything important to my team, so it is difficult for me: I feel really far from my level.

In the general classification, the challenge for victory seems to be narrowed down to just the top two with Vingegaard still in the yellow jersey with a 2’18” lead over Pogacar. Third is Thomas now at 4’56”, even further back is Quintana at 7’53” and Gaudu at 7’57”. Thursday’s eighteenth stage of 143 km, the last Pyrenean stage, from Lourdes to Hutacam with three big climbs.