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Straits Times
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Bardet makes brief Tour appearance as water carrier
Find out what's new on ST website and app. MONT-DORE - A month after hanging up his wheels, former Tour de France podium finisher Romain Bardet found himself back at the race on Monday – but this time on the roadside, handing out water bottles to former teammates during Stage 10. The 34-year-old Frenchman, once hailed as the great home hope and a perennial team leader at the Tour, made a surprise appearance in the Massif Central, the region he calls home. Where he once attacked on mountain passes, Bardet was instead offering bidons to Picnic PostNL riders – a quiet, symbolic role-reversal that was not lost on fans or the peloton. Bardet retired last month following the Criterium du Dauphine, ending a career that included two Tour podiums, in 2016 and 2017, and four stage victories on the world's biggest race. While his days of leading GC battles are over, Bardet's brief stint as a water carrier showed he is still very much part of the cycling family. REUTERS
The Star
16 hours ago
- Sport
- The Star
Cycling-Bardet makes brief Tour appearance as water carrier
FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Monaco to Nice - Monaco, France - July 21, 2024 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL's Romain Bardet crosses the finish line after stage 21 REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File photo MONT-DORE (Reuters) -A month after hanging up his wheels, former Tour de France podium finisher Romain Bardet found himself back at the race on Monday – but this time on the roadside, handing out water bottles to former teammates during Stage 10. The 34-year-old Frenchman, once hailed as the great home hope and a perennial team leader at the Tour, made a surprise appearance in the Massif Central, the region he calls home. Where he once attacked on mountain passes, Bardet was instead offering bidons to Picnic PostNL riders – a quiet, symbolic role-reversal that was not lost on fans or the peloton. Bardet retired last month following the Criterium du Dauphine, ending a career that included two Tour podiums, in 2016 and 2017, and four stage victories on the world's biggest race. While his days of leading GC battles are over, Bardet's brief stint as a water carrier showed he is still very much part of the cycling family. (Writing by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
