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Romain Bardet: I don’t even think about winning the Tour de France anymore

Romain Bardet: I don't even think about winning the Tour de France anymore


Romain Bardet believed he could win last year’s Giro d’Italia before illness forced him to abandon after two weeks, but as he begins his 2023 season, he has acknowledged that Tour de France victory will always remain out of reach.

Podium finishes at the Tour in 2016 and 2017 ignited home hopes that Bardet might become the first French winner since Bernard Hinault in 1985, but his best performances since have been his 6th-place finishes of 2018 and 2022.

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