The day after Thibaut Pinot, another historic pinned his last bib yesterday, and we couldn’t miss it since there were around fifty of them, wearing a “thank you Gallo” T-shirt, shouting his name at the start like at the arrival. Tony Gallopin (35 years old) knew for a long time that he would end up in Paris-Tours and he therefore savored every moment of it.
“The welcome my supporters gave me, the race was beautiful, I fought all day to do something good… frankly, it’s more than a dream,” he said in wonder. arrival, brilliant smile illuminating a face covered in dust. When I was very young, I went to the side of the road when I wasn’t even 10 years old, then I ran it among the young people (winner in the Espoirs in 2008), then among the pros almost 15 years ago now. It’s incredible. »
Yellow Jersey of the Tour on July 14, stage winner on the Tour and the Vuelta, winner of the Clasica San Sebastian, Gallopin will remain close to the peloton since next year he will be sports director at Lotto-Dstny.
