“I made a bet with some team mates. The only possibility that I continue for six months would be to be champion of France to wear the blue-white-red jersey for a year. We will say that this would be the only condition so that I can perhaps continue in 2024“said the 32-year-old Frenchman from the Groupama-FDJ team on RMC Sport.
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“The French Championships take place in June (from June 22 to 25 in Hazebrouck and Cassel, in the Nord department, editor’s note). Spending a year with the blue-white-red jersey has always been a dream for me too.added Pinot, who was French time trial champion in 2016 but never won the road race.
Then Thibaut Pinot relativized, Saturday evening, during a press briefing: “(This declaration), it was also humor. You have to win, already, before asking yourself this question and it’s not easy (…) There is a 99% chance that I will stop in Lombardy even if I am French champion.”
On Thursday, the Frenchman announced that he would retire in October after the Tour of Lombardy, where he won the best victory of his career in 2018.
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