Teams & Riders Thibaut Pinot discussion thread

[SHAD0W93]

Who cares? I don't. And I'm not sure why you keep going on about Froome in a thread about Pinot.

Weird.

You’re the one that introduced Froome to the conversation! And I’m not sure why on a random ass Friday you chose to attack a rider that is not even in the race, no news has come out regarding him, and there was even bigger news that day. Literally woke up and chose “violence”, so to speak.

 

[RedheadDane]

You’re the one that introduced Froome to the conversation! And I’m not sure why on a random ass Friday you chose to attack a rider that is not even in the race, no news has come out regarding him, and there was even bigger news that day. Literally woke up and chose “violence”, so to speak.

Not even a translated version of the Parisien interview.

But anyway, I ran the shorter ES version through Google Translate, and it was both heartbreaking; his thoughts about quitting, but also encouraging; the fact that it seems like he doesn't consider it completely impossible that he might race again this season, and is joining the (selective?) training camp despite not really needing to, because he wants to "find his teammates" again.
Though... that last part is a bit worrying. Have they gone missing? Where are they?

 

[macbindle]

You’re the one that introduced Froome to the conversation! And I’m not sure why on a random ass Friday you chose to attack a rider that is not even in the race, no news has come out regarding him, and there was even bigger news that day. Literally woke up and chose “violence”, so to speak.

Ah, I see. We need to correspond to your criteria as to when we are allowed to post.

Got it.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Ah, I see. We need to correspond to your criteria as to when we are allowed to post.

Got it.

No by all means post whenever, maybe it has been awhile since you past logged on and you missed your chance earlier, but usually others post when some news has come up about the rider.

 

[tobydawq]

I'm pretty sure it's not the losing that's the issue, but the injuries and illnesses. I could be wrong - and by that I mean there could have been an illness or injury I'd forgotten about - but I think the last time he abandoned a GT without any obvious injury/illness was the Tour in 2017, so... six years.

Pfff, that's bad maths

 

[RedheadDane]

Pfff, that's bad maths

I counted in the wrong direction...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Thibaut Pinot reprendra la compétition début septembre

<b>INFO L'EQUIPE.</b> Thibaut Pinot, qui n'a plus pris part à une course depuis fin avril à cause de ses problèmes de dos, va reprendre la compétition le 3 septembre lors de la Classique du Grand Besançon-Doubs.

www.lequipe.fr

Incredibly sub-par translation

Thibaut Pinot will resume competition in early September


TEAM INFO. Thibaut Pinot, who has not taken part in a race since the end of April because of his back problems, will resume competition on September 3 during the Classique du Grand Besançon-Doubs.

Absent from the competition since April 23, the end of the 5th and last stage of the Tour des Alpes in which he finished in an anonymous 60th place due to a persistent back pain, Thibaut Pinot (31 years old) is about to recover a bib. The three-time stage winner of the Tour de France, 3rd in the Grande Boucle in 2014, plans to return to the race at the beginning of September.


Tour of the Jura and Tour of the Doubs chained
It will be on his land, in Franche-Comté. After weeks of rest and several back treatments, the leader of the Groupama-FDJ team should, according to our information, make his comeback for the Grand Besançon-Doubs Classic, scheduled for September 3, then follow up with the Tour du Jura, the next day, and the Tour du Doubs, on September 5th.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'd been hoping for Tour de l'Ain, but I suppose that would have been too optimistic.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Yeah, come back on the bike Pinot with minor races first. I'm sure we will see you on the bigger stage soon again.

 

[carolina]

His back!

Il est maintenant temps de vous l'annoncer : Thibaut Pinot revient bientôt à la compétition !
Son programme de remise (100% français) :
Tour du Limousin
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Classic Grand-Besançon
Tour du Jura
Tour du Doubs

 

[RedheadDane]

His back!

... is hopefully not bothering him any more.

(The issue with "his" and "he's" sounding the same...)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Let's hope both him and his back will indeed be back, but a lot can still happen over the course of nearly three weeks.

 

[91027062]

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[Pinot's goat]

Hopefully he does Italian classics afterwards as I don't think any of these are televised live. They will only know for sure the back is fine once he pushes in race conditions.

 

[lenric]

hopefully he wins something big next year. he likely hasn't many chances left.

 

[macbindle]

... is hopefully not bothering him any more.

(The issue with "his" and "he's" sounding the same...)

Don't worry, he'll find something else to blame. He never let's you down in this respect.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Don't worry, he'll find something else to blame. He never let's you down in this respect.

I hope he performs the triple crown next year just to see your reaction. Winning a monument, multiple stages, GT, or couple WT stages races at the minimum.

 

[RedheadDane]

Don't worry, he'll find something else to blame. He never let's you down in this respect.

What did he ever do to you?
There's no logical reason to believe he hasn't actually been dealing with a back injury for almost a year.
Or that he didn't get a leg injury during the Tour two years ago.
Or that he didn't get pneunomia during the Giro three years ago.

 

[macbindle]

I hope he performs the triple crown next year just to see your reaction. Winning a monument, multiple stages, GT, or couple WT stages races at the minimum.

We both know he won't.

Won't be his fault though.

 

[RedheadDane]

We both know he won't.

Won't be his fault though.

The guy could be filmed lying on the ground with his leg-bone sticking out, and you'd still insist he was making excuses.

 

[RedheadDane]

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, or maybe the journalist is being overly optimistic, but from this it looks like he will at least be making a cautious attempt at being able to race Lombardia:

Vuelta a España came 'too early' for Thibaut Pinot, who 'feels liberated' to be returning to racing | Cycling Weekly

The Frenchman has a busy couple of months as he makes up for lost time this season, getting going again on August 17 at the Tour du Limousin, a series of French races following that before building up in Italy to Il Lombardia.

A far cry from just a little over a week ago:

Thibaut Pinot 'just wants to race' as he continues recovery at series of French races | Cycling Weekly

While Pinot will not race the 2021 Vuelta, the first time in 10 seasons he hasn't ridden a Grand Tour, his favoured Il Lombardia, which he won in 2018, will also come too soon.

"For the moment we are not there. We think first of the recovery, and then it will always be to set results, objectives to be obtained in the more or less long term," Madiot explained. "But for now we are at the start of the school year."

But whether or not he gets ready in time for Lombardia, just the fact that he'll be racing again soon is great.

 

[carolina]

It looks like the journalist is making that assumption, but I wouldn't rule out Lombardia if he does well in the french races. It's a one day race, so it's not to aggressive for someone coming from an injury.

 

[tobydawq]

Thibaut Pinot: Loads of stupid things have been said about my mentality

Frenchman returns to racing at Tour de Limousin with hope renewed

www.cyclingnews.com

He sounds very optimistic. Dare we hope that his back problems are gone?

 

[Pinot's goat]

Thibaut Pinot: Loads of stupid things have been said about my mentality

Frenchman returns to racing at Tour de Limousin with hope renewed

www.cyclingnews.com

He sounds very optimistic. Dare we hope that his back problems are gone?

He broke his PB on Ballon d'Alsace so the back must be cured, seems unlikely he would be able to do that otherwise.

 

[Leinster]

Thibaut Pinot: Loads of stupid things have been said about my mentality

Frenchman returns to racing at Tour de Limousin with hope renewed

www.cyclingnews.com

He sounds very optimistic. Dare we hope that his back problems are gone?

His back problems probably are.

Just in time for his iliac artery stenosis to flare up.