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A 32-year-old Welsh, from the Sky team, finished third on the 20th lap on Saturday, behind Dutchman Tom Dumoulin closest, but he still holds first place overall – 1 min. 51 seconds
The three-week race has the tradition that the race leader is not in the finals, so Thomas must finish the race Sunday in Paris.
Saturday, T. Dumoulin won the race, surpbading Chris Froome
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Scanpix / Tom Dumoulin won the 20th stage
Four times the Tour de France won the title Ch.Froome wins the fourth title of Tour de France champion in fourth place with Slovenian Primoz Roglich in fourth place.
Ch.Froome hopes to win the fifth title of the Tour de France and repeat the record of the race in the Pyrenees in the mountains before In recent days, when Thomas Thomps showed his strength and speed
he will become the first Welsh cyclist to win one out of 3. The triumph of G. Thomas in his ninth race of the Tour de France
Up to now, most of the time before the final victory was the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk, who needed ten races before the Tour de France in 1980.
G. Thomas was in this prestigious race for the first time in 2007 when the 140 remained among the 141 finishers .
Photo by Scanpix / Gerate Thomas won the Tour de France title
Like most Britons, G. Thomas raced at once the trek and the highway in his career.
G. Thomas won three World Champion titles and two Olympic champion titles on a two-wheeled trekking persecution rally from 2007 to 2012.
He became a member of Team Sky in 2010. Sometimes he had the An opportunity to participate in a one day race, but as a general rule, the work of G. Thomas was to work as a team leader – most often Ch.Froome. To date, G. Thomas' highest place for the Tour de France was 15 (dusyk).
Scanpix. Geraint Thomas gets the title of race champion of the Tour de France.
His own departure from the Tour de France is not uneventful. In 2013, the Welshman fractured the pelvic bones when he fell in the first round but eventually managed to finish the race and help Ch.Froome to win the first title.
In 2015, Thomas Thomas was bumped to the telegraph at the 16th stage.
Last year, he won the first race for a while, but had to withdraw from the race at the ninth stage, which broke and broke the crank. I am able to run at least until the first day of rest (after nine stages). "
G. Thomas was second after nine stages, but took over the leader's yellow shirt in the 11.
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<h2> The favorite legs failed </h2>
<p> Before the race, Fioret was considered the favorite of the Grand Tour, who won the Vuelta a Espana in September l & Last year, and this may Giro D 'Italia </p>
<p> However, he failed to improve Eddy Merckx' s record by winning four rounds of Grand Tour d & # 39; </p>
<p> The 33-year-old Englishman was usually stronger than the race, but he never tried the same year.of Frace, and the Giro d'Italia </p>
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Photo Scanpix / Chris Froome
His legs were aggravated by Miles, and C's legs h.Froome were filled with lead in the last week of the Pirenean Mountains, especially in the 17th stage. It was a short race of 65 km, but with a range of 2.2 km, Ch.Froome was very injured and fell to fourth place in the overall standings.
He managed to regain his strength on Saturday's stage and improve his position. So, Sunday, there will be two Britons and a Dutchman on the platform.
