LE MARKSTEIN, France : Thibaut Pinot will be where he wants to be on Monday - in his vegetable garden with his goats running around, far from the chaos of the Tour de France, a race he never loved even if he came close to winning it.The 33-year-old will call it quits in October after the Giro di Lombardia
LE MARKSTEIN, France : Thibaut Pinot will be where he wants to be on Monday - in his vegetable garden with his goats running around, far from the chaos of the Tour de France, a race he never loved even if he came close to winning it.
The Tour has always been an event too big for a man who finds his peace at home, where he goes fishing, grows his vegetables and takes care of his goats, far from the constant din that goes with the race. On Saturday, Pinot was on the attack in the Vosges mountains where he trains, leading the race until the last climb after being cheered on fans who had come from all over the country to support him one final time.
"I'm a bit wild, I'm shy, and on the Tour you've got a lot of people around you all the time. What I like on the Giro, for example, is that on a rest day I can just go alone in the mountains and I won't see anyone. On the Tour, what I miss, is a day when I can be just on my own," Pinot, one of few riders with stage wins in all three grand tours, said.
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