Pinot ready to enjoy Tour de France time trial on home roads

Groupama-FDJ’s Thibaut Pinot has continued at this year’s Tour de France – perhaps with an eye on the stage 20 time trial on home roads – despite having fallen out of contention for the GC on stage 8 of the race
Groupama-FDJ’s Thibaut Pinot has continued at this year’s Tour de France – perhaps with an eye on the stage 20 time trial on home roads – despite having fallen out of contention for the GC on stage 8 of the race (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Groupama-FDJ's Thibaut Pinot may not have had the Tour de France he'd hoped for this year, but on Saturday the Frenchman will be racing the stage 20 individual time trial on home roads between Lure and La Planche des Belle Filles, passing by his old high school and college along the way, according to his older brother and coach Julien.

A stage win at the top of the final climb might go some way to making up for a Tour that Pinot had started as one of the favourites, but suddenly lost over 25 minutes on stage 8 when the back injury he'd sustained in a crash on the opening stage of the race in Nice became too much to bear, and he now sits in 30th place overall, almost two hours down on race leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), having been determined to reach Paris on Sunday.

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