Froome in seventh place as team Sky finish third in time trial
Froome cycles his way up the leaderboard as Team Sky finishes third in yesterday's 25km time trial.
Despite a few problems on the way, most notably Geraint Thomas' fractured pelvis, team Sky completed yesterday's 25km time trial in third place. Team Sky's performance meant that one of the favourites to win the 100th tour, Chris Froome, gained time on his rivals and cycled that much closer to wearing the tour's prestigious yellow jersey.
However Froome and team Sky, having finished only three seconds behind winners Orica-GreenEDGE, were far from disappointed for not gaining the yellow jersey. The yellow jersey comes with pressure and hard work which would add unnecessary strain to the team this early in the race -" If we were in the jersey it would mean that tomorrow, and the next couple of days, which are predominantly flat, we would be on the front doing all that work, which I think would be a bit unnecessary at the moment for such a small advantage." stated Froome at the finish line.
Froome now moves up to seventh position, ahead of his greatest race rivals despite these time margins being very small. Simon Gerrans currently leads the peloton but will most probably lose this lead come Saturday as the race begins to make its way over the challenging French mountains.
One man who continues to defy all odds is injured double Olympic gold medallist, Geraint Thomas. The Welshman, a sprint specialist, gave it his all throughout yesterday's time trial and even took his tern leading the team from the front with unbelievable ferocity. Froome showed his appreciation to his fellow teammate - “He was the hero of the day, doing some pretty solid turns there and definitely helped us get that good finishing time.”
How long will Thomas be able to continue before the pain gets too much? I am unsure, but during this stage of the race he does not look like he will ever give up. Right now it looks like he will make it all the way to Paris with the same ferocity that he would have done, fractured pelvis or otherwise.
Despite a few problems on the way, most notably Geraint Thomas' fractured pelvis, team Sky completed yesterday's 25km time trial in third place. Team Sky's performance meant that one of the favourites to win the 100th tour, Chris Froome, gained time on his rivals and cycled that much closer to wearing the tour's prestigious yellow jersey.
However Froome and team Sky, having finished only three seconds behind winners Orica-GreenEDGE, were far from disappointed for not gaining the yellow jersey. The yellow jersey comes with pressure and hard work which would add unnecessary strain to the team this early in the race -" If we were in the jersey it would mean that tomorrow, and the next couple of days, which are predominantly flat, we would be on the front doing all that work, which I think would be a bit unnecessary at the moment for such a small advantage." stated Froome at the finish line.
Froome now moves up to seventh position, ahead of his greatest race rivals despite these time margins being very small. Simon Gerrans currently leads the peloton but will most probably lose this lead come Saturday as the race begins to make its way over the challenging French mountains.
One man who continues to defy all odds is injured double Olympic gold medallist, Geraint Thomas. The Welshman, a sprint specialist, gave it his all throughout yesterday's time trial and even took his tern leading the team from the front with unbelievable ferocity. Froome showed his appreciation to his fellow teammate - “He was the hero of the day, doing some pretty solid turns there and definitely helped us get that good finishing time.”
How long will Thomas be able to continue before the pain gets too much? I am unsure, but during this stage of the race he does not look like he will ever give up. Right now it looks like he will make it all the way to Paris with the same ferocity that he would have done, fractured pelvis or otherwise.
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