Geraint Thomas will not ultimately take a risk and will not be at the start of the 4th stage Switzerland Tour, “As a precautionary measurement“. This is what his team indicated INEOS Grenadiers In a short press release this Wednesday morning, without giving more information regarding Welsh injuries. The latter dropped alone in the heart of the peloton and at low speed the day before just before a pin turn on the left, about 60 km from the arrival of the 3rd stage. The former winner of the Tour de France and future retiree took time before being able to get back on his bike, sitting for a while while holding the left knee. “”I just struck a ride of the road, really. It's my fault“, he told the SRF Just after rallying the arrival more than 15 minutes from winner Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek).
Video – Geraint Thomas fell on the 3rd stage of the Tour de Switzerland
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After a gutsy ride to the finish with help from the team, hear from @GeraintThomas86 after his crash on stage three of #TourDesuisse ??
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“I twisted my knee and the hamstrings”
“Then I stuck my foot behind me, I twisted my knee and the hamstrings, and I was in pain. I had a hard time folding it for about a minute, but once on the bike and on the way, it unlocked a little. The muscles are a bit tense. But everything is fine“continued Geraint Thomaswho first tried to return to the peloton with the help of his teammates Bob Jungls, Andrew and August et Lucas Hamiltonbefore changing the end. Obviously, the medical examinations that had to follow in the evening were not reassuring enough to give the green light and leave. Geraint Thomas carried out his recovery on the Swiss test, and we hope for him that this incident will have no more serious consequence for his last year in the peloton …
Tour of Switzerland – ranking of the 3rd stage
Tour of Switzerland – Provisional general classification after the 3rd stage
