- Live updates from the 31km test on the Tour’s penultimate day
- Thomas, Dumoulin and Roglic braced for brutal 31km time trial
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George Chapman senses a conspiracy re: Geraint Thomas being branded ‘British’ not Welsh
Re Fiona’s observation about French broadcasters referring to Geraint Thomas as ‘Britannique’ – I suspect were he a member of any other team he would be very much ‘un Gallois’. Just a thought.
Some more nuggets from Luke Rowe on the dynamic in Team Sky and at what stage the focus switched from Froome to Thomas.
Rowe said: “In most of our minds we thought Froomey was the top dog but G came out of the Dauphine which was an incredibly ride. We always had confidence in him, as he got through the first week so well. You saw him take bonus seconds and after the first week we thought we have two real contenders here.”
Written by James Piercy
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