2023-07-17 04:51:37
While he wanted, like the day before, to slip into the breakaway of the day, David Gaudu did not obtain an exit voucher on Sunday.
David Gaudu once once more suffered on Sunday between Les Gets and Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc. The Breton runner indeed came close to the correctional in the ascent of the Col de la Croix Fry. Struggling to keep up with the pace set by the yellow jersey group, the leader of Groupama-FDJ was saved by Kevin Geniets, who allowed him to stay in touch with the best.
Paradoxically, the native of Landivisiau was much more comfortable on the final climb to Saint-Gervais where he accompanied the very best for a long time, taking up time on Jay Hindley, Pello Bilbao or Simon Yates. An encouraging result. ” Yes, even if the start of the stage was not the easiest for me. But it’s at the end that we do the accounts, and that’s good for me. It feels good to have these riders behind me in the end. I said I wasn’t going to let go and I proved it because I was almost left far from the finish “, he thus confided in remarks relayed by Cyclism’Actu.
Some runners can go out and take time, I get jumped straight on
David Gaudu nevertheless remained unsatisfied at the finish. Because the second of the last Paris-Nice had other plans for this 15th stage. He was indeed hoping to slip into the breakaway of the day in order to try to win his first stage victory on the Tour. But it was without counting on Pello Bilbao who stuck to the Basques. A frustrating situation for the first Frenchman on the Tour.
« It’s complicated for me to slip into a breakaway. I tried in the last two stages, and I still had people on the rack. Some runners can go out and take time, I get jumped directly on me, ” he thus launched, now counting on the third week to show himself to his advantage: “We have to stay focused because there are still stages to come. Normally the 3rd week is more successful for me than the first two, I hope it will be the case this year too. In any case, it will still be necessary to be very strong in the head.
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