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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) is riding through the pain barrier at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France after su♍staining aꦡ rib injury on the first stage of the race.

Thomas was involved in the first major crash of the race that included teammate Luke Rowe and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) and the Welshman was caught up due to another fall at the line. The second incident was the more serious, with the Paris-Nice winner crashi🅷ng and his stem hitting him in the c🎉hest.

No x-rays were needed but Thomas has been suffering with pain in his ribs. It is affecting both his breathing and🐽 riding style.

"It's still pretty sore to be honest and it will take a few days to get over but it should be all right," Thomas told Cyclingnews on stage 3.

"I landed on my stem and go𝐆t a bruise from there and on my ribs, which I hav🎀e taped up. It affects my breathing and when I'm getting out of the saddle, so when I cough or tense my stomach it hurts."

Despite the falls and already losing time in the race, Thomas is riding on. He had a tough Touཧr de Suisse just before the Tour de France and admitted that his pre-Tour aims of ꦆa high GC finish would be shelved as he looked to help team leader win his third title.

"I've certainly had a lot wo🐼rse," he said stoically.

Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford echoed Thomas' words. "We didn't think it had been fractured but it's a muscular pain," he told Cyclingnews. "He's hurt his ribs quite badly in the crash the other ꦑday and it's quite sor🌟e but he's done pretty well and is there or thereabouts."

Brailsord also added that Thomas had been through and survived worse during the Tour de France. In 2013 he broke his pelvis on stage 4 but rode on and finished the race, helping Froome to his first Tour ti💞tle.

"He's a tough guy," said Brailsford. "When the guys went into the🏅 barriers, he went into them and I think his stem hit him in the chest. He's a tough guy, though, and if he can ride around with a fractured pelvis then he can ride around after a whack in the ribs."