Finally beaten by Rubio for the victory, this Friday in the 13th stage of the Giro, while he did his best to regain success in a Grand Tour, Thibaut Pinot had a lot of trouble digesting afterwards. Furious with Cepeda’s attitude, the Franc-Comtois nevertheless assures that he would have done everything to prevent him from winning.
The long minutes spent by Thibaut Pinot, annoyed, his head resting on his handlebars after crossing the finish line, this Friday during the 13th stage of the Giro, spoke volumes about the disappointment of the Franc-Comtois at not having been rewarded for his efforts. Disillusioned, frustrated, very bitter, the leader of Groupama-FDJ on this Tour of Italy which he is competing for the last time had not found a smile or was angry when he came to speak afterwards at the microphone ofEurosport. “It’s a big, big disappointment. They took advantage of it, they know that I am too generous in the effort. I do not calculate my efforts and they did just that. It’s often the winner who is right but I’m disappointed not to win, it was a great opportunity.cursed the third of the Tour de France 2014, particularly upset against Einer Rubio, the winner, and his teammate Jefferson Cepeda, present in the lead alongside the unfortunate of the day but without agreeing to ride alongside him for all that.
“I hope at least that they will thank me for having been able to play the junction, in short. It was complicated to get them with slipstreaming on this climb”lamented a Pinot who had a grudge against Cepeda in the first place, constantly coming to get him when he attacked and finally not winning, and all without taking the slightest relay of the entire last ascent.
Pinot: “I would have put my guts not to let Cepeda go”
The new best climber of this Giro admits that he would have done everything not to give him the pleasure of raising his arms. ” I didn’t want Jefferson Cepeda to win, I still prefer Rubio to win. I would have put my guts not to let Cepeda go. I said to the DS (the sports director): “General I don’t care, I want the stage, leave me! ” (…) (…) I just ask him to pass on a relay, I do not understand how one can hope to win in this way. It’s not my view. He may have had his instructions but when his excuse is the general with Carthy, I can’t understand…”
Marc Madiot’s protege will certainly have trouble sleeping tonight. But on Saturday, when he wakes up, he will rediscover that desire to win which probably betrayed him on Friday. “In eight days I leave the Giro forever, so if I can put my arms up it would be wonderful. »
