Geraint Thomas returns to racing at Tour de Pologne with Worlds TT and Vuelta a España on his mind

Geraint Thomas and Ineos Grenadiers at the start of stage 1 of Tour de Pologne
Geraint Thomas and Ineos Gren♏adiers at the start of stage 1 of Tour de𝔉 Pologne (Image credit: Getty Images)

Geraint Thomas returned to racing today at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Pologne with his focus firmly set on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Championships Time Trial and the Vuelta a España, his second Grand Tour in 2023 after his painfully narrow overall defeat at the Giro d’Ita🍰lia this May.

The Ineos Grenadiers racer has been in Poland before, but bike riding was probably not foremost on his mind. “I was once in Krakow for a bit of a lad’s holiday, a stag-do, so that’s a little bit different to r🎶ac꧟ing,” he explained with a flicker of wry humour to Polish TV before stage 1 kicked off in the city of Poznan.

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.