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The Next Escapee TdF22-49
Every Frenchman, woman, and child was screaming with delight as Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) - and this American-lept free of the diminished break away and headed up the mountain alone. He had only one guy up the road to catch for a stage victory. Alas, he never got closer than 19 seconds to Bob Jungels, but it was quite a thrill while it was happening. Once he started to drift back off of Jungels pace he seemed to lose this fervor finishing fourth on the stage a full forty seconds behind the stage winner. Nevertheless, it is good to see him coming right as the big mountain stages arrive later this week.