Present at a press conference this Thursday, July 3 in Lille alongside his teammates Groupama-FDJ, Valentin Madouas was asked about his ambitions before taking part in the Tour de France From Saturday. Due to his qualities and the level he has been displayed for a few weeks, the Frenchman can find a field on the first week to his convenience to try to seek his first victory on the Large loop.
VIDEO – Valentin Madouas's press conference on video
“It doesn't change much that David is not there”
Asked about the absence of its leader David Gauduout of shape, Valentin Madouas expressed itself very honest:“It does not change much that David Gaudu is not there because we have already done our preparation each on our side, in order to prepare himself already before thinking about others. It is true that David is a runner who is super important in a collective like ours but I think that we also have very good runners present here and who will be able to compensate for his non-presence but I think we will be a united team. A step in high mountains at any time. now we will go to different options and we will adapt, I think it will not be a big change either. “
With his experience on the Tour de Francethe Breton approaches relaxed his 5th Large loop : “On the Tour de France, you have to see step by step, it can happen so many things from the first step that you have to know how to adapt day after day, it depends on who has the yellow jersey, weather conditions, wind, the shape of the runners … And from there, we have a frame on most of the stages, what stages correspond to us, do not correspond, what we can do, but we can do it, Steps as they also come, with forced objectives on a little more distant stages but with my experience on the Tour, do not say that you have to wait for step 13 because it goes quickly and if you miss the stage, there is nothing left.
