34 Facts About Thibaut Pinot

Thibaut Pinot has won stages in all three Grand Tours, with 3 in the Tour de France, 1 in the Giro d'Italia and 2 in the Vuelta a Espana.

Thibaut Pinot took a prestigious victory on the eighth stage from Belfort to Porrentruy, which comprised seven categorized climbs including the Category 1 Col de la Croix, where he passed Fredrik Kessiakoff shortly before the summit.

Thibaut Pinot held on to his lead over the chasing group which included some of the Tour's general classification contenders despite the head wind, being frantically encouraged by his team manager, Marc Madiot.

Thibaut Pinot crossed the line alone with an advantage of 26 seconds over the chasers.

However, when the race hit the mountains, Thibaut Pinot was struggling and the general classification was already out of sight after Stage 9.

Thibaut Pinot abandoned the 2013 Tour de France on stage 16.

Thibaut Pinot was looking to redeem himself in the Vuelta a Espana, and got better throughout the race.

At the 2014 Tour de France, Thibaut Pinot won the white jersey for being the best young rider and finished in third place in the final general classification, behind Vincenzo Nibali and Jean-Christophe Peraud.

In 2015, Thibaut Pinot had his first victory of the season at the Tour de Romandie.

Thibaut Pinot won the queen stage of the race with seven seconds of an advantage over his nearest pursuer, Ilnur Zakarin of Team Katusha.

Thibaut Pinot finished fourth in the general classification and was awarded the best Young rider jersey.

At the 2015 Tour de France, Thibaut Pinot lost considerable time in the first week due to crashes and mechanical issues, yet he won Stage 20 in solo fashion and finished 16th in the final general classification.

At the Tour de France however, Thibaut Pinot lost a little over three minutes to other general classification contenders on stage 7 to Lac de Payolle.

Thibaut Pinot simply said it was his bad legs, as he was seen struggling on the final climb Col d'Aspin.

However, Thibaut Pinot performed badly on Stage 12 of the Tour de France and withdrew from the race just before the start of Stage 13.

On 1 September, Thibaut Pinot announced on Twitter that his 2016 cycling season had come to an end, citing "persistent fatigue due to a virus" and "in order to prepare best for the next season" as the reasons for his decision to end his season prematurely.

Thibaut Pinot finished the race in 3rd position overall, and went on to ride the Strade Bianche in which he finished 9th.

Thibaut Pinot finished in top 5 on all 5 stages, including a stage win on the final stage to Trento, and had the leaders jersey on stage 3.

Thibaut Pinot finished 2nd place overall, and looked strong for the Giro.

Thibaut Pinot started the Giro d'Italia a 4th place on Mount Etna following the other general classification contenders.

However, on stage 10 which was a 39.8 kilometer long Time trial, Thibaut Pinot dropped to 4th place.

Thibaut Pinot finished 28th on the stage, and dropped to 4th place overall just 37 seconds behind Vincenzo Nibali.

Thibaut Pinot was never on top of his game at the Tour de France and his best stage finish was 9th on stage 15, before abandoning the race on stage 17.

Thibaut Pinot finished the season off with riding the Italian classics campaign; his best results included a 2nd place at Tre Valli Varesine and 5th at Il Lombardia.

Thibaut Pinot withdrew from the race before the start of the final stage.

Thibaut Pinot recovered and trained in order to ride his third Vuelta a Espana.

However Thibaut Pinot already lost time on stage 6 due to a combination of crosswinds and crashes which saw both him and Wilco Kelderman lose time.

On stage 14, Thibaut Pinot almost managed to follow some of the main favorites to the finish line just losing 5 seconds to stage winner Simon Yates.

Thibaut Pinot attacked with just under 6 kilometers to go, and was 28 seconds clear of 2nd place Miguel Angel Lopez.

Thibaut Pinot was in problems on the following day to Balcon de Bizkaia, as he lost over 2 minutes to his fellow contenders, he dropped to 9th place overall.

Thibaut Pinot rebounded on stage 19 as he won his second stage of the Vuelta, outsprinting race leader Yates.

Thibaut Pinot rode with a high tempo starting from the Civiglio climb 15 kilometers from the finish line and the other three riders in the lead group at that time lost ground to him.

Thibaut Pinot crossed the finish line 32 seconds ahead of second-placed defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and 43 seconds ahead of third-placed Dylan Teuns.

Thibaut Pinot entered the 2019 Tour de France and appeared to grow stronger as the race progressed.