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2020 Giro d'Italia, Features, Geraint Thomas, News, Simon Yates - October 5, 2020

Giro favorites Thomas and Yates lose big time on first mountain stage

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Just three stages into the 2020 Giro d’Italia, two of the biggest pre-race overall favorites have lost major ground in the overall battle. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) shipped over three and a half minutes to the other major GC contenders on the day, while Geraint Thomas lost enough time to drop out of GC contention altogether. …

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Froome and Thomas out, Carapaz in: What does it mean for Ineos at the Tour?

Ineos unveiled its Tour de France roster on Wednesday, and the big reveal turned heads in more ways than one. The team’s announcement confirmed that Chris Froome would, indeed, miss the Tour de France this year, putting an end to speculation that had been all over cycling media for weeks. But that wasn’t the only …

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Brailsford explains why he left two Tour champions off the Tour roster

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Ineos team principal Dave Brailsford has given some context on the team’s Tour de France roster selection, detailing what went into the decision to leave both Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome out of the team and revealing that both Egan Bernal and Richard Carapaz will be targeting yellow this year. In a short video, Brailsford …

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Froome and Thomas left off Ineos Tour de France team

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Tour de France champions Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas have been left off the Ineos Grenadiers squad for the upcoming 2020 Tour. In a press release sent out Wednesday morning European time, Ineos announced that defending champion Egan Bernal will lead Ineos in the Tour’s 107th edition while Froome and Thomas will set their sights …

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Features, Geraint Thomas, News - April 18, 2020

Thomas’s ‘Zwift Shifts’ raise over £300,000 in charity donations

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Geraint Thomas finished the third of three (very) long days on the trainer on Friday, closing out a fundraising effort that would raise a whopping £300,000 to help the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). The 2018 Tour de France champion kicked off his three NHS “Zwift Shifts” on Wednesday, spending 12 hours a day …

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Giro favorites Thomas and Yates lose big time on first mountain stage

Froome and Thomas out, Carapaz in: What does it mean for Ineos at the Tour?

Brailsford explains why he left two Tour champions off the Tour roster

Froome and Thomas left off Ineos Tour de France team

Thomas’s ‘Zwift Shifts’ raise over £300,000 in charity donations

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