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24. July 2015: When Geraint Thomas woke up, he realized it right away. However, he tried to be wrong. That the legs felt good. That he had enough power.
"When you fail with the bluff, it's a hell," Thomas said later in an article for The Telegraph.
The reality hit that day. Thomas was completely exhausted. He lost fourth place in the match – and lost 22 minutes on one leg. All hopes of a place at the top of the Tour de France have been broken.
Three years passed, and Geraint Thomas's best place in a ritt treukers (Giro d'Italia, Tour de Spain, Tour de France) is still a 15th place
Thomas has always had at least a bad day. This year, however, the Team Sky rider can break the curse. He leads the Tour de France together before the last mountain league on Friday.
Former pro-rider Gabriel Rasch, Team Sky's sports director, thinks and hopes Thomas will come out.
– If he does not get sick or something happens, I think so. There is no reason not to do it, "said Rasch
. He did not succeed.
Totally according to Team Sky's design, the boss Dave Brailsford dreamed that a Briton would win the Tour de France. Then he especially had in mind Geraint Thomas, said Johan Kaggestad during the Wednesday TV 2 broadcast. Instead, Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome both won the Tour de France
Perhaps Geraint Thomas's reminder of what is happening this weekend. Until now, he has been the faithful assistant. The friendly teammate. Ulykkesfuglen.
Last year he was unlucky at the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. It still does not have everything to vote through an entire treukersrit.
– It's like that with incredible numbers. There are only a handful of riders who win treukersritt. Kurt Asle Arvesen, the former stage winner of the Tour de France, who knows Thomas of Team Sky, said that many super-talents were "next big" in the media.
– One of the reasons why Thomas did not succeed was that he was unlucky. He has cursed many times. And it is still possible that this will happen this year's tour.
"A nuclear nucleus"
Also, Gabriel Rasch believes that, besides the disease, he destroyed Thomas.
However, this season has been a little different. Sky captain Chris Froome cycled and won the Giro d'Italia in May. Therefore, all the way has been prepared for a possible leadership role in the Tour de France.
And after Froome's disappointing leg Wednesday, there is no doubt: Assistant Thomas became a leader. During the second last mountain trip, he took a break of 1 minute and 59 seconds to another in the same game Tom Dumoulin.
Rasch and Arvesen release Thomas as a triumph of the Tour de France. Rasch describes him as a person, "It's impossible to get used to."
– He is definitely a nuclear warrior, istemmer Arvesen.
– He has been a devoted assistant for many years and has had his bad luck. He is a type of man really different from that.
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