39 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.

Lure-born Thibaut Pinot turned professional in 2010 with the Francaise des Jeux team, having signed an initial two-year contract with the team.

At the 2011 Tour of Turkey, Thibaut Pinot was part of a ten-rider breakaway on the fifth stage that finished twelve minutes clear of the peloton, and ultimately finished the race in third overall.

Thibaut Pinot then finished second to Sylvain Georges in his next start, at the Rhone-Alpes Isere Tour, winning the mountains and young rider classifications.

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, with 16 kilometres remaining.

However, when the race hit the mountains, Thibaut Pinot was struggling and was over half an hour down in the general classification after Stage 9.

At the 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.

Thibaut Pinot then rode the Vuelta a Espana, but withdrew midway through the race.

Thibaut Pinot finished the season with a fourth-place finish at both the Tour du Doubs, and the Tour du Gevaudan Languedoc-Roussillon, winning the young rider classification at the latter.

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 won the white jersey as the young rider classification winner.

Thibaut Pinot held the race lead by 34 seconds going into the final stage, a 38.4-kilometre individual time trial that started and finished in Bern.

Thibaut Pinot competed in the warm-up event for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the International Road Cycling Challenge in Rio de Janeiro, where he finished in sixth position.

Thibaut Pinot finished second to Dries Devenyns in a sprint a deux at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, and then finished third overall at the Etoile de Besseges after a second-place finish on the final individual time trial stage.

At Criterium International, Thibaut Pinot won a 7-kilometre individual time trial around Porto-Vecchio to take the race lead, before winning the final stage the following day, a summit finish on the Col de l'Ospedale.

Thibaut Pinot out-sprinted Romain Bardet to win a stage of the Criterium du Dauphine at the ski resort of Meribel, and he won the French National Time Trial Championships, ahead of the Tour de France.

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 of the Col d'Aspin.

On stage 9 he was yet again in the breakaway with Majka, but Thibaut Pinot managed to edge out Majka, to wear the polka dot jersey from stage 10.

However, Thibaut Pinot performed badly in the polka-dot jersey on stage 12 and withdrew from the race ahead of stage 13.

Thibaut Pinot finished the race in third position overall, and went on to ride Strade Bianche for the first time, in which he finished ninth.

Thibaut Pinot recorded top-five stage finishes on each of the five stages, including a stage win on the final stage to Trento, as he finished second overall behind Geraint Thomas.

At the Giro d'Italia, Thibaut Pinot recorded a fourth-place finish at Mount Etna on stage four and a second-place finish at Blockhaus on stage nine, which saw him rise to second in the general classification behind Nairo Quintana.

At the Giro d'Italia, Thibaut Pinot recorded four top-three stage finishes, and with two stages remaining, was lying third overall in the general classification.

Thibaut Pinot was hospitalised post-stage in Aosta due to dehydration, exhaustion, fever and respiratory problems.

Thibaut Pinot then rode the Vuelta a Espana for the first time since 2014, where he lost time in the opening week due to a combination of crosswinds and crashes on stage 6.

Thibaut Pinot was part of the breakaway on stage 11, and held the virtual race lead for most of the stage, but ultimately only gained 12 seconds on the day to the general classification contenders.

Thibaut Pinot finished fourth on stage 14, before taking victory on the following stage, which finished at the Lakes of Covadonga.

Thibaut Pinot attacked with approximately 6 kilometres remaining, soloing clear to a 28-second victory over his closest competitor, Miguel Angel Lopez, giving him stage wins at all three Grand Tours.

Thibaut Pinot added a second stage victory on stage 19 in Andorra, pulling clear of Simon Yates in the closing metres, and ultimately finished the race in sixth overall.

Thibaut Pinot worked his way back up the general classification, and won stage 14, which finished on the Col du Tourmalet, and according to The Guardian, Pinot was seen to be the biggest rival to the Team Ineos pairing of Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas.

Thibaut Pinot recorded fifth-place finishes at the Classic Grand Besancon Doubs and the Coppa Bernocchi one-day races, and he finished seventh overall at the Tour de Luxembourg in between.

In January, Thibaut Pinot announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of the 2023 season.

Thibaut Pinot held the lead of the classification for four days, when Davide Bais took the lead following his stage victory at Campo Imperatore.

Thibaut Pinot regained the classification lead on a shortened stage 13, which was reduced to approximately 75 kilometres and entirely held in Switzerland, due to safety concerns.

Thibaut Pinot had been part of a three-rider breakaway with Einer Rubio and Jefferson Alexander Cepeda; Pinot and Cepeda traded attacks, and were both beaten to the line by Rubio.

Thibaut Pinot is a fan of football club Paris Saint-Germain.

Thibaut Pinot has expressed support for the club's ultras movement, and has stated that he "loves attending football matches", particularly in the Parc des Princes's Auteuil stand among PSG ultras.