Tour de Francia 2022 The Pyrenees create discord in the Tour de France
EFE
Nairo Quintana had a difficult stage 17 of the Tour de France after being unable to keep up with the favorites as he did the day before and lost time in the general classification. The Colombian is still fourth, but already very far from Geraint Thomas and with the Frenchman David Gaudo on the prowl.
Precisely, a very spicy episode occurred between Nairo Quintana and Gaudu in the critical moments of the ascent to the Pyrenees. The French runner of Groupama told the press about it and exposed Quintana for his little collaboration in the chase, taking into account his eternal and questioned strategy of going to the wheel.
“Quintana has not passed me over and in the end he has decided to attack me. The director yelled at me to bite him. I have seen that he started from far away and I said to myself: out of self love I’m going to catch him and I’m going to pass him. It was just revenge.”Gaudu pointed out after finishing the stage.
The French runner was in the group with Quintana, but towards the end he launched a short attack with which he deducted five seconds from the Colombian. Nairo is fourth overall and Gaudu is fifth 4 seconds apart with a Pyrenees stage and a time trial to run.