THE TEAMS
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MANAGER Marc Madiot TEAM FOUNDED 1997 (La Française des Jeux) UNDER CURRENT NAME SINCE 2018
Thibaut Pinot
B E R N A R D T H É V E N E T G I V E S H I S A N A LY S I S
At Pinot’s service
It was while watching the 2018 Tour on TV that Thibaut Pinot committed
himself to doing everything possible to be competitive this year. A stage-
winner in 2012 and 2015, he fi nished on the podium fi ve years ago. And he is
now a much more complete rider. I won’t say that it’s this year or never for him
because that remains to be seen, but this Tour’s profi le suits him very well, and
the two time trials won’t be much of a problem for him. He’s a rider who can
hold his own over three weeks, and thanks to Sébastien Reichenbach, David
Gaudu and Stefan Küng, he’ll be very well supported.
GEAR
Frame Lapierre Aircode/Xelius SL
Groupset Shimano Dura-Ace Wheels Shimano
Name Category Date
of birth Nationality Height Weight Pro
since Tour stage
wins 2018 Tour
result Number
of Tours Best Tour
result 2018 team
PINOT Thibaut
ARMIRAIL Bruno
BONNET William
DELAGE Mickaël
DÉMARE Arnaud
DUCHESNE Antoine
GAUDU David
GUARNIERI Jacopo
HOELGAARD Daniel
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
KÜNG Stefan
LADAGNOUS Matthieu
LE GAC Olivier
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
MADOUAS Valentin
MOLARD Rudy
MORABITO Steve
PREIDLER Georg
REICHENBACH Sébastien
ROUX Anthony
SARREAU Marc
SINKELDAM Ramon
THOMAS Benjamin
VAUGRENARD Benoît
VINCENT Léo Leader
All-rounder
Sprinter
Sprinter
Sprinter
Rouleur
Climber
Sprinter
Puncheur
Rouleur
Rouleur
Rouleur
Rouleur
Rouleur
All-rounder
All-rounder
All-rounder
All-rounder
Climber
Rouleur
Sprinter
Rouleur
Rouleur
Puncheur
Climber 29/05/90
11/04/94
25/06/82
06/08/85
26/08/91
12/09/91
10/10/96
14/08/87
01/07/93
08/12/85
16/11/93
12/12/84
27/08/93
22/02/91
12/07/96
17/09/89
30/01/83
17/06/90
28/05/89
18/04/87
10/06/93
09/02/89
12/09/95
05/01/82
06/11/95 FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
CAN
FRA
ITA
NOR
LTU
SUI
FRA
FRA
SWE
FRA
FRA
SUI
AUT
SUI
FRA
FRA
NED
FRA
FRA
FRA 1,80 m
1,90 m
1,85 m
1,80 m
1,81 m
1,88 m
1,72 m
1,89 m
1,83 m
1,90 m
1,93 m
1,81 m
1,80 m
1,94 m
1,78 m
1,78 m
1,86 m
1,89 m
1,78 m
1,89 m
1,82 m
1,93 m
1,79 m
1,85 m
1,77 m 63 kg
71 kg
78 kg
70 kg
70 kg
74 kg
55 kg
78 kg
74 kg
75 kg
80 kg
73 kg
70 kg
75 kg
71 kg
62 kg
73 kg
69 kg
64 kg
67 kg
74 kg
75 kg
/68 kg
72 kg
62 kg 2010
2015
2005
2005
2012
2013
2017
2009
2012
2008
2015
2006
2014
2011
2018
2012
2006
2010
2010
2008
2015
2008
2015
2003
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141st
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34th
144th
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53rd
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127th
74th
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38th
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134th
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4
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6
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2
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102nd
101st
138th
107th
34th
144th
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127th
53rd
71st
127th
74th
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36th
35th
56th
14th
63rd
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134th
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