“With Thibaut Pinot, it was something else,” said Groupama-FDJ manager Marc Madiot at the end of a long interview to mark the announcement that Pinot will retire at the end of this year published on team’s website last week. The Frenchman’s team manager gets it. He always has.
“For many people, Thibaut represents romantic cycling,” Madiot said. “He is seen as someone who is fragile, who has anxieties, fears, but when you scratch deep enough, he is actually one of
