Less than a week ago, he signed his very first top 10 in the big round (8th). This Thursday, Brieuc Rolland did better by finishing third in the 12th stage of the Tour of Spain. Except that as soon as the line was crossed, he collapsed in tears in front of his teammates Rudy Molard and the Swiss Stefan Küng.
Present in the river escape of the day, the young Breton of Groupama-FDJ failed to follow the duo Juan Ayuso-Javier Romo to the end. And it ends at 13 seconds. In the midst of crying, he apologized in front of his teammates for not having been able to hang on until the end.
Küng, more experienced, may have explained to him that he had to be happy to be so well placed, he had trouble consoing Rolland.
A little later, he returned to his balance sheet of the day. “The goal was to be in front, and it was done well with Stefan and Rudy,” he notes. The guys protected me all day, it was great to be surrounded by these two men of experience. I stayed 10-15 seconds from Romo and Ayuso throughout the valley. It was really a psychological torture. I was bending as much as possible to be aerodynamic, but I had nothing. It was a long way of the cross. Fortunately, I always had them in sight, it allowed me to last until the end. I am disappointed because I had luxury teammates today. I hope they are still proud of me. »»
