168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Geraint Thomas has three minutes on his nearest rival for third place in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France a🀅fter stage 18 but he hasn't started counting his prize money ju✅st yet.

Asked whether he feels confident of his podium spot, Thomꦺas replied: "I wouldn't tempt fate."

He sees Friday's 188.3km stage 19 slog through the searing heat of southwest Francওe as a mild concern to his seemingly secured podium spot.

"🅰We still have tomorrow, crosswinds all day. It's just, nothing’s too strai🍌ghtforward in this race," he said.

Thomas rode to fourth place on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage to Hautacam on Thursday, distancing the remainder of the top 10 in the general classification. However, he was racing in the distant wake of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonas Vingegaard who finished nearly three minutes ahead of Thomas was fourth behind the yellow jersey, his rival Tadej Pogačar, and the inimitable Wout van Aert.

Vingegaard has been unflappable during a To♛ur de France that is on track to break the average speed record, set in 20𝔉03.

Thomas credited the record pace partly to the wind conditions, but largely to the style of racin𝐆g.

"We've had a lot of t💮ailwind to be fair," he said. "There's not many days without headwind but yeah, just the way we're racing – you know every day is like full gas for the break.

"We've had two bunch sprints. Two. That's crazy. Like full bunch sprints – and that wಞas in Denmark, not even France."

The Hautacam stage was another aggressive day of racing, with Vingegaard jumping away to finish ahead of Pogačar by over a minute. The result came as no surprise to Thomas.

"I said that this morning - somebody asked me w🧜ho's gonna win [the Tour], and I said Vingegaard," Thomas said after the stage finish. 

"He's just been super strong. You know, he's ridden a great race. He♉ responded to everything and you could tell he had more in reserve. So chapeau to him."

While Thomas struggled to keep pace with the Tour leader, he rodಌe with control to secure his podium spot. 

"It was just a bit🦄 going through highs and lows today it felt like. I felt alright when it started kicking off. I thougܫht I'd ride my own pace."

"I wanted to try and stay𝔍 with them until that stee🃏p bit [on the Hautacam] - because that's the fastest bit - and just ride my own pace.

"I struggled there, I had a bit of a bad patch, but then came around a bit - once I changed my bike actually. I had a puncture… then it was🍰 just a case of following Dani and he did a gre⛦at job."

After making his way back to the lead GC group following several Pogačar attacks on the Col de Spandelles, Thomas attacked himself on the second to last climb. He opened a small gap to Pogačar and Vingegaard, but they soon counter-attacked and left Thomas 30 seconds behind at the climb's summit. 

"I just keep rℱiding my pace," Thomas said of the attack.ꦅ 

"And everyone's banging on abඣout when I'm going✨ to attack, so at least there was one TV attempt for everyone at home."