The French riders did not achieve the hat-trick in the shadow of the Olympic stadium, which was called Communale when Michel Platini was piling up the goals there. But, after two crazy days, they kept the cursor high. In the middle of a stage in recovery mode, Fabien Grellier (29 years old) was the only one to contest the fate of the long procession between Piacenza and Turin: “It was not planned at all in the program, it was a normally quiet day, explained the TotalEnergies rider at the end of the anti-doping control. Then we got to the climbs, I felt good, so I asked: “Can I get down to work?” He (his sports director) told me: “Yes, go for it, absolutely!” It’s the Tour, you have to go all out, not be afraid! It’s my fourth, I don’t ask myself any more questions.”
