By Ad.B.
Published 16 minutes ago, Updated now
Richard Plugge and Thibault Pinot toast in Tignes (Savoie). Screenshot Instagram / thibaut.pinot
LE SCAN SPORT – Six months after Richard Plugge accused the Groupama-FDJ team of “drinking big beers” during the 2023 Tour de France, the hatchet was buried around a pint with Thibaut Pinot.
No hard feelings. The cyclist Thibaut Pinot, 33 years old and recently retired, and the Dutch manager of the Jumbo-Visma team, Richard Plugge, were seen toasting in Tignes (Savoie). The Franc-Comtois even published a photo on Instagram. An ironic way of burying the hatchet after the controversy between the two camps during the Tour de France.
Asked about suspicions regarding the performance of his team, Plugge defended the discipline of his riders and addressed a tackle to Groupama-FDJ, Pinot’s team. “We also look around us to see what others are doing. For example, we were with a French team (this is Groupama-FDJ, editor’s note) at our hotel during the rest day (Monday, the day before the time trial, editor’s note). We saw runners drinking large beershe said in an interview given in the columns of The Team .
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Enough to make Marc Madiot, manager of the French team, come off his hinges: “It’s pathetic, pitiful, petty, shameful. Let him shut his mouth. Let him shut his mouth! On the day of rest there is traditionally a drink with the staff. The staff drank beers. But the runners only Perrierhe got carried away with the Parisian . All is forgiven.
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