Cycling - Tour de France - The 170.5-km Stage 9 from Saint-Etienne to Brioude - July 14, 2019 - The peloton, with Groupama-FDJ rider Thibaut Pinot of France, pass a French flag on Bastille Day. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
BRIOUDE, France (Reuters) - Thibaut Pinot is heading into the second week of the Tour de France as the best placed of the pre-race favourites but his Groupama-FDJ team manager knows there is still a long way to go.
"We just had the aperitif. There's still the main course and the cheese left," Marc Madiot told reporters on Sunday.
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