Pinot to skip Olympic Games due to viral infection
Frenchman pulled out 🧔of Tour de France with bronchitis
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) will not compete in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro in August due to a viral infeౠction caught while he was racing at the Tour de France.
This year the Frenchman won the overall title in the Criterium International, including two stages, as well as the French national time trial title. He was expected to have a strong showing at the Tour de France, but pulled out of the race citing a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:bout of bronchitis.
He had a poor showing in the mountain stages throu🌞gh the Pyrenees, compared to the other overall contenders, but he did spend some time in the mountain jersey. He eventually finished 28 minutes down on stage 12 to Mont Ventoux and then aꦑbandoned the race altogether.
Last week, Fédération Française de Cyclisme and national technical director Vincent Jacquet named the four riders that would represent France in the men's road events in Rio. Pinot was selected to compete 𝓰along ꦇwith Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-QuickStep), Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale), Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin).
In a post on Twitter, FDJ announced on Saturday that Pinot had caught a viral infection and will not recover in time for the Olympi🅘c Games.
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