Geraint Thomas: I'm preparing for the Tour de France as if I'm the leader
Tea�🌃�m Sky rider on anti-doping ethics and considering a change of teams





Team Sky's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Geraint Thomas has told Cyclingnews he is preparing for this summer's Tour de France as if he is the leader of th𒁏e squad🍌.
The Welshman, speaking at the recent Volta ao Algarve, also said that there are teams he would consider leaving Team Sky for ඣat the end of the year, and that the ethics of the anti-doping code a๊re as important to him as the letter of the law.
Thomas is set to target the Tour de France this summer but his role within Team Sky's Tour squad is still uncertain. Four-time winner and defending champion, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome, is still fighting to clear his name after a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:positive test for salbutamol at the Vuelta a España last year. No time frame for the case's resolution has been publicly outlined, but Froome could end up missing the Tour de Franc💯e.
That would leave Thomas as Team Sky's main GC hope, though Froome could still be cleared or continue racing only for a decision on the case to be made after the race.
As a follow-up to that, Cyclingnews asked Thomas in the Algarve what was more important to him – the letter of the laws surrounding anti-doping, or the ethical side? One of the areas Team Sky have faced scrutiny over are the so-called grey areas of the sport, such as their use of TUEs with regards to Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome.
"When we set out the goals for this season Tim Kerrison basically wanted me to be in Tenerife training from the end of Tirreno until Liège. That's aꦉ long bl💝ock and I was thinking that maybe I could do Basque but that didn't really fit with the training. Then we looked at Roubaix. That works well with the Tour being on cobbles.
"I know I won't be in ideal form for Roubaix because I won't have that two-to-three minute power but if you have good le🃏gs, you have good legs."
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