Geraint Thomas lost time to his main Tour de France rivals on the brutal finish to stage two at Mur-de-Bretagne. Wales’s 2018 Tour champ slipped from 10th overall to 20th spot as the spectacular start to this year’s battle for the Yellow Jersey continued.

Geraint Thomas is under no illusions about the level of competition he faces as he attempts to win his second Tour de France over the next three weeks. The Team Ineos Grenadiers rider will embark on his 11th Tour this weekend as the world’s biggest bike race gets underway in the town of Brest, in Britanny. After a disappointing 2020, in which he crashed out in stage three of the Giro d’Italia, Thomas believes he is in good shape ahead of this year’s race, having finished third, behind team-mate Richie Porte, in the Criterium du Dauphine, and won the Tour de Romandie.

Geraint Thomas, Elinor Barker and Ethan Vernon will be part of a Great Britain cycling team who have vowed to bring home more gold at Tokyo this summer – but without cutting any corners. The Welsh trio are part of a 26-strong squad for the Games which includes a mix of huge experience and youthful ambition. That blend is summed up in the Welsh threesome – with Thomas and Barker being two of six previous gold medal winners, while 20-year-old Vernon – who rode for Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – will be going to his first Olympics.

Geraint Thomas climbed up the standings as the Criterium du Dauphine headed into the mountains for a decisive weekend. The Ineos Grenadiers rider – who had moved up to sixth after a stunning win on stage five on Thursday – finished 11th on Friday’s 167.km battle from Loriol-sur-Drome to Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse.

Geraint Thomas admitted his thrilling solo attack on the Criterium du Dauphine was not pre-planned as his left his rival stunned. The 2018 Tour de France champ launched himself into a tight right-hand turn with just over 1km left on stage five.

Geraint Thomas said his victory in the Tour de Romandie on Sunday reminded him of his Tour de France success as he claimed his first win since that historic triumph in 2018. The Ineos Grenadiers rider overcame the blunder that saw his crash in sight of a stage win on Saturday to take the Yellow Jersey on the time trail in Switzerland.

Geraint Thomas is poised to claim victory on the Tour de Romandie on Sunday and quickly banish the memories of his nasty crash on the penultimate stage. The Cardiff-born rider looked set for his first stage win since the 2018 Tour de France until he crashed around 50 metres from the finish line on a raid-lashed road in Switzerland.

Geraint Thomas took time out of most of his General Classifications rivals on the opening stage of the Tour de Romandie. The 2018 Tour de France champ was second fastest on the short, 4km long prologue in Switzerland as part of an Ineos Grenadiers clean sweep.

Geraint Thomas claimed his best finish of the season with third place at the Volta a Catalunya. The Cardiff-born ace was part of an historic clean sweep of the podium by Ineos Grenadiers.

Geraint Thomas is poised for a podium finish at the Volta a Catalunya in Spain on Sunday. The Ineos Grenadiers rider goes into the final stage of the seven day race in third place.

Geraint Thomas moved into the top three overall after another mountain battle at the Volta a Catalunya. The Cardiff-born rider finished third on the stage and is now part of an Ineos Grenadiers dominated top three.

Geraint Thomas showed he is on course to be a serious challenger at the Tour de France as he continued his climb up the standings at Volta a Catalunya.