Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R) resumed his preparation as most pro cyclists have done by now, but he still has time to pay at the end of the year to the media, and in particular 20minutes.fr.

The Frenchman, 37, second in the Tour de France 2014, has said: "It took me a month to recover and recharge my batteries after the Tour, it makes it difficult to recover both mentally and physically. The pleasure of the bike is to be outside so no bike for me that was tough. But now I am back riding regularly again. This is what I like and that motivates me. "

Péraud then returned to his new fame. "You know me more in training, but I'm not a star, I can assure you. What complicates this is the logistics and professionalism I try to establish but which I cannot because of the stress on the media demands and other events, it takes up time. I should be on my bike for miles instead of doing something else for next season. It happens to make me a little uncomfortable and guilty and if in six months, I wonder if I will regret having accepted this or that invitations from the media and other causes?"