Pierre Rolland is one of the modern peloton’s veterans of the Tour de France, having ridden the last eight editions, but even he is growing tired of La Grande Boucle.
It was revealed earlier this month that the Frenchman will relinquish all GC ambitions at the 2017 edition in favour of hunting stage wins – and perhaps the polka dot jersey – and will return to the Giro d’Italia with the same aim.
Despite enjoying what he describes as his “best start to a Tour de France” this year, before crashes derailed his campaign, he tells Cyclingnews that the Tour has become formulaic, dull, and simply not enjoyable for a GC rider.
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“With the Tour it has become almost mathematical,” he argues, speaking at Cannondale-Drapac’s winter training camp in Catalunya.
“You could do a power test on all the riders and you’d come out with the exact GC, pretty much. It’s so bland.”
The problem, he reckons, began in 2012, the year Team Sky first truly clenched its iron fist and delivered Bradley Wiggins to a first British maillot jaune.
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