A poor Criterium du Dauphiné time trial performance for Tour de France contender David Gaudu is ‘not alarming’ and 'not dramatic,' his Groupama-FDJ team management have said, while expressing confidence that their French leader still has time to turn things around before July 1.
Gaudu finished fourth overall last year in the Tour de France and is expected to head the host country’s hopes to be a factor in this year’s GC battle. He also took second overall in Paris-Nice this March, a result considered a breakthrough in his week-long stage racing track record.
