Thibaut Pinot, who is currently 30th overall 6’30 behind the yellow jersey, keep confident. The French rider began well with a great time trial in Utrecht, but he lost time over each of flowing three stages. The FDJ leader looked forward to the mountain stages. General manager Marc Madiot explained in latest blog for Cyclingnews insists the focus is still the global classification.

"Seeing his crash has completely broken Thibaut Pinot's legs off. He's had bad luck himself but the Tour is not over for him. When I look at past result sheets in Paris, someone who is six or seven minutes adrift is quite high on GC," Madiot argued. "We had to put him back in the game after the hectic start. He still has plenty of opportunities to do well in the mountains so we'll wait and see before changing his goal. He remains at the Tour for GC."