US EditionCritérium Du Dauphiné: the Moving Images of the Peloton's Honorary Hedge for Romain Bardet Before His Retirement
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The 34-year-old French cyclist ends his career this Sunday after the 8th and final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné.
The French rider, who will end his cycling career this Sunday at the end of the 8th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, was warmly greeted by the peloton and its stars, including Tadej Pogacar.
Romain Bardet draws his reverence, the whole peloton paid tribute to him by making a hedge of honour with the bikes before the start of the 8th and last stage of the Dauphiné.
He didn't win. He was only twenty-sixth overall and lost 38:32 minutes to the winner Tadej Pogačar. Still, the Slovenian phenomenon certainly missed out. No way, this time at the Critérium du Dauphiné even he couldn't overshadow Romain Bardet. Before the start of Sunday's final stage, the French matador's rivals created a walk of fame for him to walk through. The signs and flags that were around the track.
In Val-d’Arc, an arch of human triumph greeted the farewell of Romain Bardet, who hangs his story forever. He formed the platoon in two rows to make him the hall of honor with the bikes in vertical, presented as weapons or as vehicles of peace, where he received the kiss and hand of his son Angus while the PA shook his shyness with a sonorous mercy.
Romain Bardet is riding his last kilometers as a professional cyclist today. The Dauphiné is the last race of the 34-year-old French climber of Picnic-PostNL. The peloton is not going to let that pass by. Before the start of the final stage, his colleagues formed a guard of honor of bicycles, with leader Tadej Pogacar and Bardet's son at the end. He was then allowed to start at the front between the jerseys. Watch some images below.
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