Tour de France 2022: Pinot 'disappointed' by third-place finish as France continues to wait for home stage winner
2 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France 2022: Pinot 'disappointed' by third-place finish as France continues to wait for home stage winner

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The charismatic climber Thibaut Pinot of the FDJ outfit has come closest for France, with a long-range bid Saturday giving him a third place for the second time. Rodez, France: Regional newspaper Le Progres groaned over the long wait for a home Tour de France stage winner this weekend with the scathing headline “Blue, Blanc, Lose”, a play on the French tri-colour using lose instead of Rouge. A man who seems to make his own luck, Julian Alaphilippe was described as “the Darling of France” as he dashed around in the overall leader’s yellow jersey for most of the 2018 Tour. His swashbuckling win on stage 1 last year is France’s last, meaning that if no French rider wins Sunday’s run to Carcassonne on stage 15, the wait stretches to 36 stages and counting.

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The Hindu  

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Associated Press  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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3 years, 6 months ago

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4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Peters wins Stage 8 in Pyrenees

The Hindu  

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Tour de France 2020: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage two, dedicates victory to late father
4 years, 3 months ago

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