Paris-Nice lead "massive" for Geraint Thomas

Organisers of Paris-Nice were incensed when Team Sky pulled Richie Porte from its roster for the ASO-run event, in favor of sending him to fight for the overall at Tirreno-Adriatico, but if they questioned Sky's ambitions before the race, those doubts were laid to rest on the Cote du Mont Brouilly by replacement leader Geraint Thomas.

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