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"Geraint once again proves Wednesday that he is the boss of this Tour", Nicolas Portal, Team Sky's team leader, spoke to NUsport
The bearer Thomas took the # 39; ultra short but difficult step up to the top of the Col du Portet a few seconds on his main opponents, while Froome had to defeat in the final and almost lost a minute on his teammate.
Thomas is in the standings with four extra stages to take a 1 minute and 59 second lead over number two Tom Dumoulin and 2 minutes and 31 seconds over number three Froome.
"At the end of the last climb, everything was on the legs of the leaders and they provided clarity," said Servais Knaven, Portal's colleague. "Chris and & G were also good on this Tour, until Wednesday."
Absolute leader
The Team Sky team leader did not say it after the arrival of the second Pyrenees Tour, but it is clear that Thomas is really the absolute leader of the British training is.
Froome confirmed this with his words at the top of Col du Portet. "I will fight for the team and for Geraint until the end," said the reigning champion and four-time Tour winner. "Let's hope that Geraint will keep the yellow jersey in Paris, he deserves it."
Thomas reacted more cautiously to the question of whether any Sky team – including Froome – would drive him to his press conference after the special. "I think so, I'm good, but I do not want to look too far, because if I do that, it's going to go wrong."
After the penultimate race in the mountains, Portal could not help but conclude is in the rankings. "G has a good lead and we are going to support it 100%, but we also want to continue to support" Froomey ", even if it's only in the battle with Dumoulin for second place. "
Berenwerk
Power of Team Sky It should be possible to give Thomas and Froome all the necessary support in the last four days. The British team confirmed once again Wednesday that she has the best team of this Tour sitting at the foot of the last climb with six riders in the group with the favorites.
"It was very special, we had" Knaven, who saw that Luke Rowe was the only Sky pilot who did not take the lead in the race, said: "We thought that it would be great if Michal Kwiatkowski and Egan Bernal at the bottom of the last climb would still be with Chris and G, because we wanted to prevent our leaders from fighting, so it would be great if we started with six men at the last climb. "
Berenwerk
Knaven praised the work of Wout Poels, who led for a long time in the lead and during the last ascent, after being unloaded, even came back to do a little more work
"Wout showed Wednesday important it is in the last week of a great ride, he did not bear," says Knaven. "Then Bernal took over and showed that he was" out of control. " he is the best youngster of this Tour, although he is not wearing the white jersey, yes, as an equi We were still very strong. "
The Tour continues Thursday with an almost flat ride on 171 kilometers from Trie-sur-Baïse to Pau. The starting point is 13.55, the arrival is scheduled between 17:35 and 18:00.
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