favorites to the finish line just losing 5 seconds to stage winner Simon Yates. On the following stage, Pinot could once again celebrate as he won stage 15 to the Lakes of Covadonga. He attacked with just under 6 kilometers to go, and was 28 seconds clear of 2nd place Miguel Ángel López. This meant Pinot had won stages in all three of the Grand Tours. Pinot advanced to 7th place overall, and on the Time trial on stage 16 he looked strong on the first intermediate time. However his pace had slowed down, and by the time he had hit the finish line, he was only 27th on the stage. He was in problems once again on the following day to Balcon de Bizkaia, as he lost over 2 minutes to his fellow contenders, he dropped to 9th place overall. Pinot rebounded on stage 19 as he won his second stage of the Vuelta, outsprinting race leader Yates. On the penultimate stage, Pinot finished 4th which meant he finished the Vuelta in 6th place overall. On 10 October, Pinot won the 99th edition of the Milano–Torino, which was his second one-day race victory in his career. Three days later, Pinot would win again, as he claimed the biggest non-Grand Tour win of his career and his first ever Monument at Il Lombardia. Pinot rode with a high tempo starting from the Civiglio climb 15 kilometers from the finish line and the other three riders in the lead group at that time (Egan Bernal, Vincenzo Nibali and Primož Roglič) lost ground to him. Pinot crossed the finish line 32 seconds ahead of second-placed defending champion Vincenzo Nibali () and 43 seconds ahead of third-placed Dylan Teuns (). 2019 Pinot competed in Tirreno–Adriatico and the 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné finishing in 5th place overall in both races. He entered the 2019 Tour de France and appeared to grow stronger as the race progressed. After strong performances in the Pyrenean stages, including a stage win on the Col du Tourmalet, he was considered a general classification favourite. Unfortunately he suffered an injury late in the race on stage 18, a torn quadriceps, and this forced him to abandon the race during stage 19. At the time he was in 5th place overall, behind Julian Alaphilippe who was in yellow, and he was within just twenty seconds of all three podium finishers in