Thibaut Pinot

Pinot opts for the Giro d’Italia in 2021 instead to regain confidence in Grand Tours again. “In 2019 I only had one bad day in three weeks in the Tour and I don’t want to live like that anymore, especially not this year. There is something that draws me to the Giro and I think I need that to bounce back. If I do well, I am back on track. The decision was made before the Giro course was announced but seeing the course reinforces my choice.”

French star believes there is 'cycling at two speeds' in lengthy interview with L'Equipe.

Five-stage race returns after taking a pause in 2020, with Vincenzo Nibali, Simon Yates, Thibaut Pinot, Tao Geoghegan Hart likely to start.

Team management continues to believe in Pinot as balance of power tilts toward Arnaud Démare at Groupama-FDJ.

Thibaut Pinot won't be racing the Tour de France in 2021. The 30-year-old Frenchman confirmed at the Groupama-FDJ team presentation on Tuesday that he will be targeting this year's Giro d'Italia.

Frenchman heads to Giro d'Italia while sprint sensation Arnaud Démare sees Tour leadership.

Five-time Tour de France winner still doesn't see a French winner anytime soon.

Groupama-FDJ leader faces the twin threat of another disappointing season and the rise in form of two top teammates.

From the Mur de Bretagne to the vineyard time trial, riders and staffers break down the key things to know about next year's race.

Frenchman turned around a disappointing Vuelta for Groupama-FDJ with mountaintop victory Saturday.

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Thibaut Pinot puts end to disappointing 2020 grand tour season with early exit from Vuelta a España.

VeloNews looks at how a lack of any single dominant team is shaping this year's race, balancing riders in two grand tours, and how long João Almeida will remain the current race leader.

Slovenian star's pathway toward Tour victory has come through a cocktail of strength, robustness, tactical savvy, and the touch of lady luck.

Rest-day scans reveal Frenchman avoided fractures in the opening-day crash that halted his yellow jersey ambitions.

Can one of France's current riders ever win the Tour de France? And how has the racing shutdown impacted tactics at the 2020 Tour de France? Let's roundtable!

With Pinot and Alaphilippe out of contention, nation's yellow jersey hopes rest on pair of dark horses.

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Can Yates hold his lead through to the rest day Monday? What's next for Pinot? And who scored a victory in the GC bunch? Time for some takes!

How did GC favorites like Adam Yates, Egan Bernal, Primož Roglič, and others fare during Saturday's Pyrénéan test of the Tour de France? We break down the good and bad news for the key players.

British rider holds on to GC lead after withstanding a series of attacks through final 20km, Pinot cracks and sheds 25 minutes in GC standings.

French star could not match pace in first stage in Pyrenees to drop out of contention.

Will Peter Sagan win a stage? Which second-tier contender has the best chance to win the GC? Let's roundtable!

Once the course hit the more heavily populated Rhône Valley, the public showed en force to show their affection for the Tour.

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Our third Active Pass roundtable features reader questions about tire choice. And, which French rider is best suited to win the 2020 Tour de France? We want your questions, so please submit them at the bottom of the story.

Peloton rolled out for day in the mountains clad in bandages and nursing bruises after traumatic Tour opener.

Lotto-Soudal left reeling after two key stage-hunters forced out of race, Groupama-FDJ hit by wave of injuries.

In his first Tour de France diary, Andrew Hood muses about the rain and crashes, and laments the loss of the prologue at this year's race.

Thibaut Pinot was annoyed but unscathed after crashing with 3km to go during Saturday's stage 1 of the 2020 Tour de France.

Crashes, mid-race neutralizations and a dark-horse winner are the talking points in our Tour stage 1 roundtable. Let's get some takes!

Norwegian veteran wins opening sprint in Nice after heavy rain and technical parcours leads to handfuls of crashes.

Frenchman stronger and more confident after dramatic abandon in last year's race.

We rank the top 10 contenders to win the 2020 Tour de France overall.

Let's get hyped for the Tour! Who's realistically going to win this unprecedented post-COVID race, and who does our heart want to win? And what other storylines are we excited about?

All-in for Pinot as the Frenchman returns to the Tour after emotional abandon in 2019.

Frenchman takes solace in positive signs before Tour de France while Quintana and Landa both struggled in frantic final stage.

Young Coloradan wins mountainous stage after attacking from elite escape group, Martínez takes overall for EF Pro Cycling after Roglič did not start.

The French rider crossed the line eight seconds down on stage-winner Roglič and slotted into second place in the overall.

Team boss forecasts further dominance by Dutch squad at Dauphiné; Pinot rallies after dissapointment at cancelation of Swiss worlds.

With every team's Tour de France leader set to line up at this week's mountainous Dauphiné, there will be plenty to look out for.

Pinot, Bardet search for signs of encouragement after Ineos takes control of Occitanie.

Four-stage French race starting Saturday draws packed lineup as Tour de France preparations get underway.

Groupama-FDJ splits into three groups for final training camps, with Tour unit based in northern Alps.

French directors believe tensions in Team Ineos could open opportunities for rivals to exploit.

Frenchman to follow light pre-Tour de France schedule to save bullets for challenge at Vuelta a España in fall.

This year’s climb-riddled Tour appears perfectly suited for the 30-year-old hopeful.

Renewal of Pinot, Démare, Gaudu, and Küng gives French team options for short and long term.

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Démare, Küng and Gaudu also extend in long-term deals as French teams continue to invest in future.

Dumoulin, Bardet, Pinot speak of anti-doping drought as coronavirus mitigation measures slow testing.

Cracks begin to show in pro peloton after six weeks in lockdown.

Having followed a light early-season race schedule, Madiot now faces having riders with no race days, and no races in the pipleline.

After abandoning 2019 Tour with injury, Pinot and team management are ready to put past behind them and focus on future.

A 2020 Tour de France short on time trials and packed with surprises leaves French GC hopefuls motivated to raise their nation's hopes.

2020 sees an atypical Tour route packed with opportunities and risks for the GC riders - and here are five stages that could prove crucial.

Bernal adroitly steered clear of a worlds course that doesn't suit him and now he's taking aim at Lombardia to close out his spectacular season

Egan Bernal won the Tour de France, but for a few stages, it appeared that Thibaut Pinot was poised for victory. Shane Stokes examines what such an outcome would have meant for pro cycling, and argues that both the race and the sport would have been boosted by a Pinot victory in Paris.

Pinot vows to return to the Tour de France next year to make amends for his tearful departure

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Weather turned the Tour de France upside Friday and not in ways that will please anyone. But, as Andrew Hood writes, that's simply part of the sport.

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On one of the wildest day's of racing in recent Tour history, the race was upended, first by Pinot's abandonment, then by the weather-shortened stage.

Pinot was in pain, physically and emotionally, and abandoned stage 19 in tears.

French hero Alaphilippe is becoming a bigger problem by the day for the top favorites as the Tour enters its final battleground. And Pinot packs the punch that should worry all the other would-be winners.

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Australian journalist Rupert Guinness speaks with five international colleagues about the Tour thus far, the biggest stories in each journalist's home country, and how the race will play out in the final week.

We highlight a selection of our favorite images from the second week of the Tour de France.

A look at the stories that you may have missed from this past week's coverage of the Tour de France

The Pyrenees shook up the Tour de France's overall standings. Who is the strongest? How can Thibaut Pinot or Geraint Thomas win?

A combination of factors has transformed this year's Tour de France into one of the most unpredictable and engaging in decades.

The yellow jersey remains the same after stage 15, but Julian Alaphilippe surrendered time to key rivals in the scintillating finale. Now there are three men with a deficit of less than two minutes to the Frenchman.

Though he carries the yellow jersey into the Tour's final rest day, Alaphilippe realizes how hard it is going to be to win the Tour de France.

After putting costly time losses behind him, Pinot is a riding a wave of momentum after three stellar days across the Pyrénées to surge back into contention for the yellow jersey

Across France, cycling fans and pundits are beginning to believe that Julian Alaphilippe is the man to end the country's 34-year drought at the Tour de France

With a French one-two at the top of the Tourmalet, it seems the home fans got that little bit closer to seeing something they’ve been waiting 34 years for: a French rider capable of winning the Tour de France’s yellow jersey.

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Thibaut Pinot took the blame for his disastrous ride during Monday's stage 10. "I have a bit of anger about what happened yesterday," he says