David Gaudu will miss the Tour de France ! This is the announcement made by the runner via theAFP And his social networks this Thursday. In mixture for several months, like his Giro d'Italia ghostly, the Breton decided in agreement with his team Groupama-FDJ ignore The Grande Boucle. “Given my current level … I was transparent with the team. Anyway, they have my values, my data and therefore we decided together to zap the tour this year”said Guisor.
VIDEO – Madiot had already expressed doubts about Gaudu to our microphone
“The return in Ligne de Mire”
“The latest outings made in training were unfortunately not conclusive. To get involved on the Tour, over 3 intense weeks, you have to be 100%. Despite all the efforts made from the Giro, I have not found the bottom necessary to fight on such a test. With the team, in all transparency, we exchanged and made this difficult decision: I will make the 2025 edition. It is necessarily a big disappointment. Especially since the Tour is going to Brittany this year and my loved ones were going to be able to come and see me. But y Go just to finish, it is useless Sometimes you have to give up to better leave before. This is what we do. I'm going to reboot to prepare this second part of the season … with the Vuelta online in sight. I will be aligned on Sunday on France to help the team bring the blue-white-red jersey home “explained Guisor.
A 2025 season to forget for French. Despite a successful start to the year in the Gulf, with a stage victory and a 3rd place in the general classification on the Tour d’Oman, Guisor Then lived in difficult months. The native of Landivisiau chained the falls, on the White roads, Tyrrhenian-Adriatic and the Giro d'Italiawhich never allowed him to find a good condition.
“It's always a significant loss …”
Marc Madiotthe general manager of the Groupama-FDJ entrusted to RMC Sport : “It is always a significant loss, when it comes to one of our best elements. Now, there are also several runners in the team who are able to bring satisfactions at a given time, especially on the Tour. The life of a team is thus made. It is like in football, you can have holders who have a concern or another who make them replace them and try to obtain the best possible results with the whole team. For the general on this tower, we will turn to Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet. We must not forget Romain Grégoire. There is the general classification, but there is also the leadership of the team on all the medium mountain stages or those intended for backpackers. There is matter to express themselves and our leader on this type of course will be Romain Grégoire.”
