<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.
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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.