It's the end of the journey for Pinot -

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Thibaut Pinot puts an end to the ordeal.

Already relegated to 25 minutes in the general classification after two hilly stages, the Frenchman from Groupama-FDJ abandons the roads of the Vuelta by not taking part in the third stage between Lodosa and La Laguna Negra de Vinuesa.

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- Groupama-FDJ Cycling Team (@GroupamaFDJ) October 22, 2020

The Frenchman had no ambition in the general classification of the Tour of Spain but intended to step up to aim for a stage in the third week, but, still suffering from the back since his fall on the first stage of the Tour de France, he will stay there. .

This retirement marks the end of Thibaut Pinot's complicated season.

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