Thomas won the 2018 Tour de France and has opted for an alternative race programme to Froome. The Welshman celebrated his 2018 victory for several months but worked hard to get back to his best and 𒈔finished third overall at the Tour de Romandie. The nine-day Tour de Suisse will reveal♓ Thomas' true form.
Bernal has not raced since the Volta a Catalunya in late March and is also looking for confirmation of his fitness. He fractured his collarbone just a few days before the Giro d’Italia but made a rapid recovery after surgery, se🌜tting a Strava record on a climb near his residence in the Pyrenees before heading home to Colombia for an altitude training camp.
Also in the Team Ineos line up for the Tour de Suisse are key road captain Luke Rowe, sprinter Ben Swift, Owain Doull, Frenchman Kenny Elissonde, and Spanish time trialist and rouleur Jonathan Castroviejo. Some of those riders are likely to form part of the eight-rider Team Ineos squad for the Tour de Fr꧅ance, with other riders from the ꦿsquad currently competing at the Criterium du Dauphine.
The nine-day Tour de Suisse star🔥ts on Sunday with a 9.5km out-and-back individual time trial in Langnau im Emmental. The riders face another time trial arဣound Goms on stage 8. The key days in the mountain come on stages 5, 6, and 7, with a mountain finish at the 2,090 metre San Gottardo on stage 7.
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Team Ineos for the Tour de Suisse: Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal, Luke Rowe, Ben Swift, Owain Doull, Kenny Elissond🌳e, 🔯Jonathan Castroviejo.
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