Geraint Thomas ‘not at right level’ for World Championships time trial
Geraint Thomas admitted a brutal schedule had caught up with him as he withdrew from this week’s time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire.
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Geraint Thomas withdraws from time trial at World Championships
Geraint Thomas has withdrawn from the elite men’s time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, saying he feels short of his best form.
The sporting weekend in pictures
England won a bizarre Test match against Ireland, Team Ineos tightened their stranglehold on the Tour de France and Max Verstappen won a dramatic German Grand Prix on another thrilling weekend of sport. Here, PA’s photographers look back at the best of the action.
Thomas sees Team Ineos going from strength to strength
Geraint Thomas expects victorious Team Ineos to return to next year’s Tour de France even stronger with Chris Froome targeting a record-equalling fifth Tour title.
Bernal win brings new look for Brailsford
Sir Dave Brailsford chose a very specific shade of yellow to celebrate his team’s latest Tour de France victory as he sported a Colombia football shirt in honour of Egan Bernal’s win.
5 things we learned as Egan Bernal wins Tour de France
Sir Dave Brailsford was celebrating once again as his rebranded Team Ineos made it seven Tour de France wins out of the last eight – but this time it was not a Briton on the top step of the podium.
France made to wait for first home Tour win since 1985 as Bernal tastes victory
Geraint Thomas said on Saturday night he believed Julian Alaphilippe deserved a podium spot after his electrifying ride lit up the Tour de France – but the Welshman may well wonder if he cost him the top step.
Bernal wraps up Tour de France win for Team Ineos
Champagne glasses clinked for Egan Bernal on the road to Paris before Caleb Ewan won stage 21 of the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees.
Brailsford: Geraint Thomas ‘defied the odds’ to finish second in Tour de France
Geraint Thomas has “defied the odds” by finishing runner-up in the Tour de France, according to Team Ineos team principal Sir Dave Brailsford.
Thomas confident he can win the Tour de France again
Geraint Thomas is convinced he is capable of winning the Tour de France again after the defending champion had to settle for second place behind team-mate Egan Bernal on Saturday.
Bernal in a state of disbelief as famous Tour de France win beckons
Team Ineos spent three weeks being asked why they had not been their usual dominant selves at the Tour de France but will end it on Sunday with a one-two of Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas stood on the podium in Paris.
Bernal and Team Ineos on the brink of Tour victory
Egan Bernal will stand on the top step in Paris on Sunday as the youngest winner of the Tour de France in the post-war era and the first from Colombia.
Egan toast – fanatical Colombian fans have a winner at last
For more than a decade they have been coming. With their distinctive yellow, red, and blue flags, loud horns and distinctive chants, you can never miss the fanatical Colombian supporters at the Tour de France.
Egan Bernal poised to win Tour de France after defending yellow jersey
Egan Bernal is set to win the Tour de France after successfully defending his yellow jersey over a shortened stage 20 into Val Thorens.
Thomas pledges to help Bernal after Tour hopes washed away by landslide
Geraint Thomas pledged to help team-mate Egan Bernal to Tour de France glory after seeing hopes of defending his title washed away in a landslide in a chaotic finish to stage 19 on Friday.
Stage 19 of Tour de France ends in chaos after landslide covers route
Stage 19 of the Tour de France ended in chaos as hailstorms caused a landslide and forced organisers to stop the race before the final climb.
Hailstorm brings premature end to stage 19 and leaves Egan Bernal in box seat
Stage 19 of the Tour de France ended in chaos as an intense hailstorm and a landslide forced organisers to stop the race before the final climb.
Bernal leapfrogs Thomas as Team Ineos leadership debate reopened
Team Ineos’ attempts to break Julian Alaphilippe on the Galibier served mostly to reopen their own leadership debate as Egan Bernal leapfrogged Geraint Thomas on stage 18 of the Tour de France.
Quintana wins Tour de France stage 18 as Bernal races away from Thomas
Nairo Quintana soloed to victory on stage 18 of the Tour de France in Valloire as Egan Bernal raced away from Ineos team-mate Geraint Thomas while they tried to shake off Julian Alaphilippe on the Galibier.
Ineos may take case to CAS after Rowe’s Tour appeal fails
Sir Dave Brailsford suggested Team Ineos may take their complaints over Luke Rowe’s expulsion from the Tour de France to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as the race continued without him on Thursday morning.
Rowe expulsion major blow to Thomas’ hopes of defending Tour title
Geraint Thomas’ hopes of defending his Tour de France title suffered a blow on Wednesday as his road captain Luke Rowe was thrown out of the race ahead of three decisive mountain stages to come.
Thomas’ Tour de France hopes hit by Rowe expulsion
Geraint Thomas’ hopes of defending his Tour de France title have suffered a blow after his road captain Luke Rowe was expelled from the race on Wednesday along with Jumbo-Visma’s Tony Martin.
Thomas and Rowe play down altercation as Trentin takes stage win
Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe played down an altercation between Team Ineos and Jumbo-Visma as Matteo Trentin won stage 17 of the Tour de France in Gap.
Thomas plays down crash as defending champion remains second in Tour de France
Geraint Thomas shrugged off his third crash of the Tour de France as Caleb Ewan won stage 16 in soaring temperatures in Nimes.
Ewan wins stage 16 of Tour de France as Thomas overcomes minor crash
Caleb Ewan won stage 16 of the Tour de France as Geraint Thomas overcame a minor crash to retain second place overall.
Geraint Thomas suffers minor crash on stage 16 of Tour de France
Geraint Thomas suffered a crash on stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday.
Geraint Thomas set to battle for supremacy in decisive stages of Tour de France
Geraint Thomas declared himself over the blip which cost him time in the Pyrenean mountains as he looked ahead to the decisive stages of the Tour de France and an expected battle for supremacy with home hopeful Thibaut Pinot.
Who are the leading candidates to win the 2019 Tour de France?
One of the most open editions of the Tour de France in decades will resume on Tuesday with only 39 seconds separating five riders between second and sixth, all of them breathing down the necks of what appears to be a fading Julian Alaphilippe.
Geraint Thomas confident he is over Tour de France blip ahead of Alps test
Geraint Thomas is confident he is over the blip which saw him distanced by key rivals in the Pyrenean stages of the Tour de France over the weekend.
Yates takes stage win as Pinot puts pressure on Alaphilippe
Simon Yates soloed to his second Tour de France victory of the week oblivious to the fireworks behind him as the battle for the yellow jersey exploded on the ramps up to the Prat d’Albis on stage 15.