Romain Bardet was aiming at no less than overall victory on the Tour de France, but after only six stages the Frenchman has been left ashamed of ...
BELFORT, France: Romain Bardet was aiming at no less than overall victory on the Tour de France, but after only six stages the Frenchman has been left ashamed of himself and virtually out of contention.
It fell flat, however, as he lost over a minute to defending champion Geraint Thomas in Thursday's hilltop finish at La Planche des Belles Filles, where his team expected him to get into the groove after they lost ground in the team time trial."There was a lot of disappointment yesterday, even a feeling of shame towards his team mates and towards himself," his sports director Julien Jurdie told reporters before the start of Friday's seventh stage to Chalon sur Saone.
"I've got the feeling that I was not at the required level after all the hard work I've done," Bardet, who has not won on the World Tour stage in two years, told reporters.
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