Geraint Thomas: Froome's injuries were insane

Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas at the Criterium du Dauphine
Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas at the Criterium du Dauphine (Image credit: Getty Images)

Following his 93rd place in the Critérium du Dauphiné's stage 4 Firminy-Roche la Molière time trial, Chris Froome reiterated what he's been saying all week that his main goal during this race will be assessing how competitive he is in the three mountain stages that conclude the eight-day event.

However, after the stage 4's 16.4km individual time trial where he was almost two minutes behind former teammate Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and writing off his chance of winning a fifth Tour de France this season, Thomas himself came out in support.

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Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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