Geraint Thomas a perdu son maillot Rose sur le chrono de la 20e étape du Giro ce samedi. Cinq ans après sa victoire sur le Tour de France, Geraint Thomas ne remportera pas le deuxième Grand Tour de sa carrière ! Très solide depuis le début du Tour d'Italie, le Gallois a été battu par plus fort ce samedi à l'occasion du contre-la-montre en côte du Monte Lussari. Maillot rose sur les épaules, le leader de l'équipe INEOS Grenadiers a réalisé une performance plus qu'honorable sur la 20e étape, conclue à la deuxième place, mais il n'a pu s'opposer à la supériorité de Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), à qui il a concédé 40 secondes, soit un peu plus que ce qu'il avait le droit d'accorder au Slovène (26").
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00:00 Gee, tough luck today. I suppose that's what sport's about, right? Emotion.
00:14 Yeah, the wrong emotion. No, I had a tough day but at least losing by 14 seconds is kind
00:24 of better than losing by two, I guess. So I'm pretty much with his mechanical. He definitely
00:31 deserved to win today. But yeah, like I think, as I said before, if I'd been told this back
00:41 in February, March even, when I was in Catalonia, I'd have probably bitten your hand off. But
00:47 now it's just pretty gutting at the minute. But I think once it sinks in, yeah, I can
00:55 definitely be proud of that. Yeah, I'm getting too old for this shit.
01:05 The team environment seems to have been really incredible the last three weeks. Both riders
01:09 and staff, how have you enjoyed the three weeks despite today?
01:13 Yeah, the team has been absolutely phenomenal. That's what kind of makes it hurt a bit more
01:20 as well, not finishing off for them. But no, it's been a great atmosphere in the team and
01:30 the support out there has been really good as well, especially all the messages from
01:35 back home and just on the side of the road and everything. So it's been an emotional
01:42 three weeks.