"It's sure that I wanted to test myself," Pinot said after the stage. "It's a pity to see such 𝔍a beautiful region in the mist. I still hope it was a great show in spite of the rain. To start with mid-mountain allows us to step up a gear. We spent one week on the big gear and on the climbs you need to adjust your pedaling."
The next two stages of the Tour are also in the Voges mountains and Pinot is expecting Nibali and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) to 🌌emerge as 🐬the top-two riders on the overall classification.
"For me, obviously it's going to be between Nibali and Contador," he said. "Today I saw it from a distance, I'm a little bit behind. Maybe on a stage or a hill that suits me better I will have a chance, but for the three-wee🍎k race, I'm afraid they're still ahead of me."
"Personally, I'm happy," he said. "I am reassured [that] I am in tun𓆏e with my goal. It was raining but I knew the roads and it helped me. Today I wanted to ride with the b🍌est and that's what I did."
⛄FDJ's director sportif Yvon Madiot was pleased to see Pinot finish the stage strongly but was quick to add that ꦓthe Tour is a three-week race and there is plenty of racing to come.
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"The Tour de France will be long for many people," Madiot said. "In the end, I saw good riders and some who were very tired. Thibaut did very well. This morning, he knew where he was going well and what I saw was very reassuring. Overall, he is in the second wave of riders and that is good.
