Over the years, Thibaut Pinot has hardly been an infrequent visitor to the post-race mixed zone, but after stage 3 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia, the French climbing star found himself in the media interview tent fielding questions as the leader of a Grand Tour classification for the first time in seven years.
Pinot darted out of the pack at the summit of the two classified climbs on stage 3, the third category Valico dei Laghi di Monticchio and fourth category Valico La Croce, to move into the top spot in the Giro d’Italia mountains classification.
