Thibaut Pinot had a day to forget in the Tour De France on Saturday after being whacked in the face by a soigneur as he tried to charge through the peloton.
With about 40 kilometres to go on the eighth stage in Lausanne, the Frenchman was derailed by a crash. He recovered quickly though, and despite finding himself at the back of the peloton, began his attempt to charge back through the field.
It was a short lived burst though, with the Groupama-FDJ rider soon forced to stop again in the feed zone following a bizarre accident which left his sunglasses in tatters. As Pinot, 32, moved to the right of the road his progress was halted by a Trek-Segafredo assistant.
