• Froome trails by 1min 39sec with Dumoulin third
Geraint Thomas has predicted that Wednesday’s short but spiky 17th stage of the Tour de France will be “massively decisive” in determining the fate of this year’s yellow jersey after surviving a day of chaos during which he was the inadvertent victim of a police pepper spray.
The 32-year-old Welshman retained a lead of 1min 39secs over his Team Sky teammate Chris Froome after finishing in the pack, following a day where the race was halted for 15 minutes after farmers protesting at French labour laws were blasted by TW1000 pepper spray by police, which ended up drifting into the riders’ eyes. The company which makes the spray says its “active ingredient is extracted from the hottest chilli peppers”.
Written by Sean Ingle
Bagnères-de-Luchon
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/24/geraint-thomas-predicts-tour-stage-chris-froome under the title “Geraint Thomas warns Froome that cracks in Team Sky may let Dumoulin in”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
