For a rider who has specialised in trying his hand at almost every discipline in the sport, one of Geraint Thomas’ main challenges appears to be focusing on just one event.
The focal point for this season is the Giro d’Italia, where Thomas will co-lead Team Sky alongside Mikel Landa. In order to focus on the Italian Grand Tour, the Welshman has had to shed himself of any other distractions – most notably the Spring Classics.
Until the Giro d'Italia is ticked off, Thomas will not race a single one-day race, with a series of stage races peppered by stints at altitude camps. For a rider who has won E3 Harelbeke, finished on the podium at Gent-Wevelgem, and shown both skill and passion for one-day races, the switch to Grand Tour mode has been a significant adjustment.
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“I have been tempted to do the Tour of Flanders but I need to keep telling myself to commit to one thing this year and to see how it goes. I’ve got plenty more years, touch wood, to ride Flanders,” he told Cyclingnews during a post-training massage at a training camp in South Africa.
“It’s only in my head,” he said in relation to Flanders.
“I’ve not spoken to the team or anything about it but if I’m on the bike with Luke Rowe and we start talking about the Classics I think to myself, ‘it would be great to just drop in and do that race’ but I need to stick to that one thing this year. Like I said, there are plenty more years to come.”
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