With the absence of Julian Alaphilippe, forced to stay at home due to a nasty crash at the end of April and not recovered enough to perform, Tour de France fans will certainly focus even more on the other headliner. French cycling, Thibaut Pinot. After a stunning debut in 2012 and a superb third place finish in 2014, the 32-year-old sportsman suffered from several physical problems that prevented him from reaching his best and every year he has had bad luck, like two years ago. years with a heavy fall that marked him a lot.
If hopes are high this year for Thibaut Pinot, who certainly hopes to be able to win one or two mountain stages, his specialty, he knows in any case that he can count on his family and in particular his companion, Charlotte Patat. The two lovebirds are quite discreet about their relationship and the cyclist does not post photos of his partner and him on his personal Instagram account. If we do not know much about the beautiful blonde, she is nevertheless known to have been Miss Champagne-Ardenne 2016. Very tall (1.82 m), she was able to participate in the Miss France 2017 contest, but unfortunately she was not selected among the twelve finalists in this edition won by Alicia Aylies.
An animal loving couple
Based in Haute-Saône, Thibaut Pinot has a farm with many animals and in particular goats, which the couple loves and one in particular. Called Kim, the latter is the real star of the farm and she has her own Instagram account followed by more than 16,000 subscribers (photos to be found in the slideshow)! The 25-year-old woman seems to love this life surrounded by animals, just like the sportsman. Charlotte Patat did studies in pharmacy and seems to work in this field today and she shares her life between Reims and the village of Mélisey, where her lover lives.
Very happy, Thibaut and Charlotte lead the good life in the countryside and the cyclist can count on the pretty blonde to support him on the Tour de France, which begins today!