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The 2018 champion, now 36, has made a solid start to this year’s race and insists Ineos Grenadiers can challenge Tadej PogacarWith three stages under his belt and a wardrobe malfunction aside in the opening time trial, the 2022 Tour de France has been going well for Geraint Thomas. Certainly compared with his disastrous starts to the recent Grand Tours of France and Italy, the Welshman is doing very well indeed, but then the 36-year-old’s gift for deadpan understatement has long helped him survive the gladiatorial world of professional road racing.Even at the worst of times, Thomas’s dry humour has remained intact. Over the past few years, since winning the Tour in 2018, he has needed it. There have been crashes and a dip in status after Ineos Grenadiers understudy Egan Bernal prevented the Welshman from taking back-to-back Tour wins in 2019. Continue reading...