Tour de France: Geraint Thomas gains time on Bernal with late surge

Defending Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) responded to predictions that he might struggle on the steep slopes of the La Planche des Belles Filles with a show of force and pride, chasing and passing late solo attacker Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) to finish first amongst the overall contenders.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.