• Welshman secures title in another win for Team Sky
• Alexander Kristoff wins final sprint on Champs Élysées
Never, surely, has a flute of champagne tasted so sweet as the one Geraint Thomas enjoyed on the road into Paris. For it confirmed that winning the yellow jersey, which had appeared such a vacuous dream, was now a lucid reality. Before standing on the podium the 32-year-old Welshman promised a party that would go on for “two weeks or perhaps even a month”. The glint in his eye suggested he wasn’t joking.
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Written by Sean Ingle in Paris
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/29/geraint-thomas-seals-tour-de-france-title-paris-team-sky-chris-froome under the title “Geraint Thomas seals maiden Tour de France title with Paris procession”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
