Geraint Thomas ended his 2017 season with a bronze medal in the team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships but was disappointed with his personal performance, feeling he let down his Team Sky teammates.
Team Sky finished 22 slower than Team Sunweb, with BMC taking the silver medal, eight seconds slower. The team was considered the strongest on paper before the race but lost Owain Doull early on and then Thomas was distanced on the 1.5km climb after 30km of the 42.5km course. Team Sunweb used their strength in depth and stayed united to gain vital seconds on their rivals in the final kilometres.
Thomas is a renowned time trialist and won the opening time trial at the Tour de France in July. However, he was forced out of the race on stage after 9 after fracturing his collarbone. He targeted the Giro d’Italia in May but was involved in a crash caused by a stationary police motorbike and had to quit before stage 13 due to his injuries.
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He returned to action at the Tour of Britain, hoping to find some form for the World Championships but the testing course and intense effort exposed his lack of high-end form. He was gutted to let down his teammates in Bergen.
“It’s the worst TTT I’ve ever done. I feel I let the lads down,” Thomas told Cyclingnews.
“I just felt terrible from the start. I was on the back foot from the very first turn. I was in the red from the very start. It was horrible. The TTT is the worst place to be when you’re suffering. You don’t recover and you’re just there as a passenger.”
No legs on the climb
Time for the off-season
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