More than eight months after his withdrawal from the platoons, Thibaut Pinot was still happily escorted this Tuesday. The ex-runner brought people together in Baume-les-Dames, in the heart of Franche-Comté. The 34-year-old former sportsman put on jogging pants to carry the flame.
If the atmosphere was not at the level of his last attacks on the Tour de France, he was warmly celebrated by footballers’ songs already heard on the roads. “Chalalala, Thibaut Pinot”, repeated his fans, greeted by the constant smile and hand gestures of the former Groupama-FDJ.
The Ultras Pinot Collective relayed the person’s passage on social networks, but had not communicated further on the relay of its protégé.
The inhabitants of Doubs are spoiled during this Olympic torch relay. Beyond the former winner of the Tour of Lombardy, the public has – or will – appreciate the presence of the pilot Sébastien Loeb and the biathletes Quentin Fillon Maillet and Anaïs Bescond or the Nordic combined athlete Fabrice Guy.
