'Maybe this is a turning point in my career': Thibaut Pinot's back problems put him out of Tour de France contention

The Frenchman was dropped early from the GC group on the first day in the Pyrenees

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Thibaut Pinot is out of yellow jersey contention at the 2020 Tour de France after being dropped early on the first day in the Pyrenees, saying "maybe this is a turning point in my career" after the stage.

The Frenchman has been suffering with back problems since crashing on the opening stage in Nice, after rain had made the roads slippery.

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Jonny was Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor until 2022.

I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.

Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).

I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and