Teams & Riders Thibaut Pinot discussion thread

[CheckMyPecs]

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He looked terrible when he was getting dropped. Probably coming down with something

It must have been really sudden. FDJ were pulling at the front just before he got dropped.

 

[RattaKuningas]

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He looked terrible when he was getting dropped. Probably coming down with something

It must have been really sudden. FDJ were pulling at the front just before he got dropped.

Or they tried to go as fast as comfortable to discourage attacks and hide what was going on.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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He looked terrible when he was getting dropped. Probably coming down with something

It must have been really sudden. FDJ were pulling at the front just before he got dropped.

Or they tried to go as fast as comfortable to discourage attacks and hide what was going on.

It was a tremendous miscalculation, if so.

 

[IndianCyclist]

What can i say. FDJ and Pinot seem to make every effort to screw themselves up. Why pull if the leader is off.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Could we wait to see any reason for this poor performance ? A lot of worst climbers were still here, it can't be explained by a normal reason I'd say.
But still sad. His Tour is done on a poor slow paced stage..

He said it himself at the finish : no legs, no excuses.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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What can i say. FDJ and Pinot seem to make every effort to screw themselves up. Why pull if the leader is off.

To reduce the number of attacks

 

[Rollthedice]

Go to Giro, Tour is not for Tibo, deal with it.

 

[Krokro]

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Go to Giro, Tour is not for Tibo, deal with it.

Agreed. But I think this is a matter of sponsor objectives. FDJ - TDF. But I find that stupid as well if they keep focusing with him here.

@Alexandre B. : Exactly, did not expect this. He simply told that he miscalculated his peak. Feeling exactly like at Dauphine. Sadness !

 

[portugal11]

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Go to Giro, Tour is not for Tibo, deal with it.

Agreed. But I think this is a matter of sponsor objectives. FDJ - TDF. But I find that stupid as well if they keep focusing with him here.

@Alexandre B. : Exactly, did not expect this. He simply told that he miscalculated his peak. Feeling exactly like at Dauphine. Sadness !

What? How is that possible? He wasn't good in dauphine. Last year, he maybe peeked too early but this year is impossible

 

[BigMac]

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No legs today. It happens to the best.

Nobody really believes there are 16 or so better climbers than him here or anywhere.

People again reaching precipitate conclusions. When will this end.

 

[Simurgh]

Missed the stage today, but this is **** terrible. Thibauts GC aspirations are definitely over. Perhaps he can go stagehunting in the weekend or the Alps..

 

[liamito]

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No legs today. It happens to the best.

Nobody really believes there are 16 or so better climbers than him here or anywhere.

People again reaching precipitate conclusions. When will this end.

He also had no legs two days ago, but was able to follow Bardet, Quintana and Valverde in the final. I am not sure there is a physical reason for this.

 

[yaco]

Posted yesterday that he seemed to be struggling - Famous last words.

 

[Simurgh]

No doubt that he was struggling yesterday, but losing about 3 minutes to the favorites today was not expected!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pinot seems to have more of these inexplicable off days especially at the start of GT's/first mt stages.

So sad though, was really looking forward to see how he really matches up in a GT when everybody is in top form. We'll have to wait another year

 

[hrotha]

Mental collapse most likely.

 

[lenric]

Pinot is such a joke. FDJ is such a joke of a team.

 

[hrotha]

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Pinot is such a joke.

Currently ranked 7th in the year's CQ Ranking. But hey, opportunism is fun.

 

[lenric]

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Pinot is such a joke.

Currently ranked 7th in the year's CQ Ranking. But hey, opportunism is fun.

And he could be the first that I'd say the same. There was no reason for Pinot to perform like crap, especially for the GT he was peaking for. But hey, being biased is fun.

 

[BigMac]

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Pinot is such a joke.

Currently ranked 7th in the year's CQ Ranking. But hey, opportunism is fun.

And he could be the first that I'd say the same. There was no reason for Pinot to perform like crap, especially for the GT he was peaking for. But hey, being biased is fun.

The point is, you cannot be 7th in cqrankings and be a joke. Not really much room for subjectivity.

And calling hrotha biased is as funny as it gets.

 

[lenric]

Even Contador, who's all screwed up, could be with the group.
Pinot's goal is to be a top-5 Tour GT rider, not a top-3 one week race rider. Take your own conclusions and keep them to yourself, because that's all they are: opinions. Everyone is entitled to have theirs.

 

[SeriousSam]

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No legs today. It happens to the best.

Not really. They tend to win the biggest races and a performance like today's from Pinot renders that all but impossible.

 

[hrotha]

So everyone's entitled to their opinion, but we should keep ours to ourselves, and riders who fall short of their most ambitious goals are jokes. K.

 

[AlexNYC]

I don't think Pinot is a joke by any stretch; but even his fans have to admit: unless he was sick today, this is what utter failure looks like. His entire season is built around this race, the only valid excuse for a performance like today's is sickness, nothing else will do. I really hope he can come back and salvage his tour somehow.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Unless there was some sickness involved, mental burnout is the only thing that makes sense. Definitely should concentrate for Giro and Vuelta for next year or two and establish himself properly as a top level GT-rider. For now,repeated failures at the Tour show him much worse in that department than he actually is. The level he showed troughout the earlier part of this season is certainly no fluke.