'If we were in a football match, it'd be 1-0 at half-time': Thibaut Pinot ready to fight back at Tour de France

Pinot and Groupama-FDJ boss Marc Madiot say race is far from over despite setback on stage 10

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

The 2019 Tour de France is far from over, in fact, if it was half-time in a football match the score would be 1-0 for Team Ineos over Thibaut Pinot's Groupama-FDJ team, says boss Marc Madiot.

The Frenchman, third in the 2014 Tour, and the team spoke on the first rest day. It was 24 hours after stage 10, where he lost 1-40 minutes to Geraint Thomas and others in the crosswinds to Albi.

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