This must have been the apotheosis! One last race, before the skittle, on the Tour of Lombardy, Saturday, one of his favorite events, which he won in 2018. But this 2023 edition risks being a little tarnished because of weeks spent managing physical glitches, as he told The Team. After the Tour de France, Thibaut Pinot suffered a series of falls and intestinal problems which made him fear a premature end to his career.
“I have had zero pleasure since the end of the Tour de France, something has happened to me every week, and I have fun on the bike when things are going well,” the Groupama-FDJ climber tells daily. [La fin de carrière] is almost ruined. There was even talk of no longer shopping in Italy. I would have preferred to finish a little better. »
“I’m stressed about finishing Lombardy”
With this physical condition, the best climber of the last Tour of Italy has no illusions about a possible victory in the Tour of Lombardy on Saturday. “It wasn’t easy at first to be able to come here. For the moment, I am more focused on finishing the race. I’m nervous about finishing the Lombardie, all the same, because the Pinot bend is quite far away. »
Yes, because after the show of force and support of the supporters of “TiboPino” on the Tour de France, there will still be a large contingent of French fans in Bergamo, 3 km from the finish, to greet one last time French.