Tour de France dreams shattered for furious Pinot

Just four days into the Tour de France and the hopes of winning for last year’s third-placed Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) are already shattered. Pinot lost 1:28 during the crosswinds stage on Sunday, 1:30 on stage 3 at the uphill finish in Huy and then 3:23 on stage 4 when the race hit the cobbles.

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