Geraint Thomas may be the oldest racer in the 2025 Tour de France and this may be his final Grand Tour, but the 39-year-old Welshman showed on Friday’s stage 7 that he is determined to keep flying the flag until the very last.
In the thick of the action in a blisteringly fast first hour run off at an average speed of over 53kph, the 2018 Tour de France winner’s efforts paid off as he made it into a day-long break of five and stayed away until less than 20 kilometres to go to the finish.
“In the end it was only five of us and they didn’t give us any time – it was just lambs to the slaughter, mate.”
“But it was always going to be hard. At least there were positives – I didn’t have to fight in the peloton all day.”
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