Teams & Riders Thibaut Pinot discussion thread

[Tonton]

It is now or never for Thibaut. The coming years belong to the next generation like Pogacar, Evenepoel and Bernal. Hoping for the best, expecting...yeah I don't know. It could be anything between podium and DNF after a bee sting or crashing because of sheep suddenly deciding to cross the road in front of him!

Now or never...Goran Ivanisevic winks at you.

 

[Simurgh]

wonderful start

 

[JosephK]

Maybe Thibaut gets his bad luck out of the way on Stage 1? Better to take lumps now (you know they're coming) instead of later.

 

[Simurgh]

Maybe Thibaut gets his bad luck out of the way on Stage 1? Better to take lumps now (you know they're coming) instead of later.

You're right..but I didn't think that some luck would be on his side for once would be too much to ask for. Guess I was wrong!

 

[BlueRoads]

Well, he came down, but the rivalling teams took some hits, too.

(Please don't say I jinxed him. )

 

[Jspear]

He's okay though right? It seems like he was. SO THANKFUL IT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 3K.

 

[Tonton]

Damn: the dude just can't catch a break.

Fingers crossed he's OK. I'm not on suicide watch just yet.

 

[movingtarget]

Damn: the dude just can't catch a break.

Fingers crossed he's OK. I'm not on suicide watch just yet.

Better inside the 3 kms but it was close ! He didn't seem to be injured apart from some road rash.

 

[Salvarani]

I hope he doesnt feel too bad in the morning. Tomorrow will be a real test as it is, anyway.

 

[Breezy1985]

That was such bad luck after surviving all those early crashes. Hell be fine tomorrow I reckon the stage wont be as crazy as people hope

 

[memyselfandI]

Slight difference with gc team strategies though when you look for example IG and FDJ, with Ineos aggressively riding at the front as late as possible and keeping out of trouble quite well when crash came, almost.

Pinot needs all the help he can get to avoid his 7th dnf, from 12 gt he's started, it's actually quite amusing to find that Richie Porte, apart all bashing he gets, has only 3 dnf from 14 gt he's entered

 

[red_flanders]

Damn: the dude just can't catch a break.

Fingers crossed he's OK. I'm not on suicide watch just yet.

Hoping for the best, but he looked pretty down coming to the line.

 

[Koronin]

Hopefully he isn't injured too badly. Looked like some road rash and bruises. I'm a bit more worried about how disappointed he looked than the actual injuries.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hopefully he isn't injured too badly. Looked like some road rash and bruises. I'm a bit more worried about how disappointed he looked than the actual injuries.

Hopefully he can "ride on anger", like he did after the crosswind stage last year.

 

[Tonton]

Hopefully he isn't injured too badly. Looked like some road rash and bruises. I'm a bit more worried about how disappointed he looked than the actual injuries.

He was thinking about starting a new thread "2020 is the new 2015" I guess .

 

[Tonton]

Hopefully he can "ride on anger", like he did after the crosswind stage last year.

Yes, Tibo was ticked off.

Bonnet, Gaudu, and Molard also hit the deck. I hope that they are OK too.

 

[Koronin]

Yes, Tibo was ticked off.

Bonnet, Gaudu, and Molard also hit the deck. I hope that they are OK too.

I think I saw where one of the riders said over half the guys in the peloton hit the deck at least once today. Hope they are ok. I know at least 1 or 2 won't be starting tomorrow (Rafa Valls has a broken collarbone).

 

[CyclistAbi]

If it had to happen, hard to think of a better scenario, for it to happen.

 

[shalgo]

Well, he came down, but the rivalling teams took some hits, too.

(Please don't say I jinxed him. )

But you know you did. The moment I saw your post in the stage thread, I knew Thibaut was hitting the tarmac.

The look on his face as he rode the final kilometres!

 

[Simurgh]

Except the last ascent of Èze he looked uneasy, hanging at the back of the peloton. Luckily no other heads of state went full gas. Still not too optimistic about Orcieres-Merlette in two days time. A max 30 second time loss there to the likes of Bernal and Roglic seems a godsend at the moment!

 

[Red Rick]

Will easily win on Tuesday cmon allez allez

 

[Tonton]

GFdJ is banged up, for a while it looked like Gaudu would DNF...yikes. Brave Thibaut: he hung on, didn't lose time. I hope he gets a quiet day tomorrow: the Orcières stage is just around the corner, he can't afford to lose time so early in the bike race.

Well, no one said that it would be easy .

 

[RedheadDane]

Let us not forget the true purpose of this thread!

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[Red Rick]

Positively surprised by Gaudu hanging on yesterday. Didn't even finnish in the last gruppetto

 

[Tonton]

Slight difference with gc team strategies though when you look for example IG and FDJ, with Ineos aggressively riding at the front as late as possible and keeping out of trouble quite well when crash came, almost.

Pinot needs all the help he can get to avoid his 7th dnf, from 12 gt he's started, it's actually quite amusing to find that Richie Porte, apart all bashing he gets, has only 3 dnf from 14 gt he's entered

How many as a dom? When the leader, Ritchie's record is 3 DNF and 4 finishes, two top-10, a 5 and a 7. Mehhhhhhh.