Teams & Riders Thibaut Pinot discussion thread

[RedheadDane]

Vuelta then.

Vuelta and Lombardia. That would be awesome.
However, I suspect he might do some races before that. Don't think they'd just throw him to Spain instantly. Unless, of course, he does San Sebastian.

 

[Leinster]

I still wish he’d ride the Ardennes.

Too late this year, obviously. But let him try it next year, please.

 

[Pinot's goat]

https://www.ouest-france.fr/tour-de-france/exclusif-marc-madiot-on-espere-que-pinot-retrouvera-ses-moyens-mais-ce-n-est-pas-acquis-7a382324-ccf1-11eb-aca8-de157cf71a82

It sounds like he won't race again this season.

 

[BlueRoads]

Sounds like he might race again, but not with serious objectives this year?

All in all they do appear a bit clueless. Maybe it's just hard to know with these kind of issues, but this sounds a bit like they are off to somewhere in the blue?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Sounds like he might race again, but not with serious objectives this year?

All in all they do appear a bit clueless. Maybe it's just hard to know with these kind of issues, but this sounds a bit like they are off to somewhere in the blue?

He was fine in the one day races with short climbs at the start of the season, so I'd stick to those kind of races until they manage to sort things out. Not having to race multiple days in a row might also be better for his back.

 

[carolina]

Maybe it's the google translation, but it sounds like Pinot is dealing with the injury alone and trying to figure it out himself.

 

[Red Rick]

Maybe it's the google translation, but it sounds like Pinot is dealing with the injury alone and trying to figure it out himself.

That sound so stupid I'm baffled that team got anything out of him in the first place.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Man i wish we got to see what he could do outside of FDJ. This seems a total farce

 

[IndianCyclist]

He should have moved teams long time ago

 

[Mayomaniac]

Man i wish we got to see what he could do outside of FDJ. This seems a total farce

I'm not gonna defend the way they handled his injury, but not everything they did with Pinot was bad.

They worked with him on his fear of descending fast (they had him do Alpine Skiing and race car driving in the off season). They also send him to the Giro to ride for the gc twice, AG2R never did that with Bardet, and they worked with him on their TT/got a lot better in TTs and TTTs in general. The way the whole injury was handled reminds me a bit of Dumoulin's knee at Sunweb, but let's not pretend that they never did anything right with Pinot.

 

[RedheadDane]

I just have a hard time believing they would have let him - both in the sense of "made him", and in the sense of "allowed him to" - deal with the injury on his own, apart from going to any possible appointments with outside experts on his own.

 

[RedheadDane]

Madiot partly blames himself, and regrets not forcing Pinot to stop the Tour last year.

Marc Madiot: We're in the process of getting Pinot back on track | Cycling Today Official

 

[movingtarget]

His career seems to be at the crossroads after seeming to improve about two years ago. Hope he can overcome his back issues and have a full season next year.

 

[Pinot's goat]

"Combien de fois j’ai pété les plombs seul..." : Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) a pensé tout arrêter

Dans un riche entretien donné au Parisien, Thibaut Pinot a donné de ses nouvelles un peu moins d'un an après sa chute lors de la 1re étape du Tour 2020.

www.eurosport.fr

Can somebody have access to the full article on Le Parisen? It is paywalled, I am curious of the full quotes.

 

[screaming fist]

No paywall for me. Are forum rules allowing me just copy and paste?

 

[Red Rick]

No paywall for me. Are forum rules allowing me just copy and paste?

If you could put the article in spoilers and give a short transaltion of the main points.

 

[screaming fist]

My french isn't good enough for a summary. I've sent the article to Pinot's goat via PM, so maybe they can put that together for us.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

My french isn't good enough for a summary. I've sent the article to Pinot's goat via PM, so maybe they can put that together for us.

You are aware that it's this article and not the ES summary, right?

Tour de France : «Lire que mes douleurs sont imaginaires, ça me rend fou», enrage Thibaut Pinot

Le grimpeur de Groupama-FDJ, toujours pas remis de sa violente chute lors de la 1ere étape de la précédente édition de la Grande Boucle sort

www.leparisien.fr

 

[screaming fist]

No! Sorry, my bad!

 

[macbindle]

So, 2021 isn't going to be Pinot's year for finishing more Tours than he's abandoned.

Who knows, maybe next year will be his lucky year...

 

[SHAD0W93]

So, 2021 isn't going to be Pinot's year for finishing more Tours than he's abandoned.

Who knows, maybe next year will be his lucky year...

Ruthless.
What the Goat King done to you? Why now?

 

[macbindle]

Can't stand the guy's capricious whining and excuse-making. Massively overrated rider. So much and such frequent bad luck that you realise it isn't luck.

Anyway, it's fine to fail. He just need to stfu up about it.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Can't stand the guy's capricious whining and excuse-making. Massively overrated rider. So much and such frequent bad luck that you realise it isn't luck.

Anyway, it's fine to fail. He just need to stfu up about it.

Fair enough to not like him but why today? I think most of us still don’t even know what the article that was shared Tuesday said and nothing new has come out.

 

[BlueRoads]

Can't stand the guy's capricious whining and excuse-making. Massively overrated rider. So much and such frequent bad luck that you realise it isn't luck.

Anyway, it's fine to fail. He just need to stfu up about it.

Well, I disagree, but everyone's free to dislike a rider. Shadow's right though, why now?
On the day that Cav equaled Eddy's record there are surely other things to write about, you only came here today to show some Schadenfreude?

 

[RedheadDane]

Ruthless.
What the Goat King done to you? Why now?

I've been wondering that too.