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“I go deep with everything, whether that’s a bike race – or going out on the piss,” Thomas said. “That’s just the way I am. I am not one to give up easily, which is the reason I started the stage on Sunday. To be honest, I thought, ‘this is just going to be the same as Saturday,’ but you fight and give it everything, and then suddenly you can turn it around and come out better.”
But as UAE Team Emirates leader Pogacar ran riot, to the point where his Spanish rival, Enric Mas of Movistar, described being overtaken by the 22-year-old as if he “didn’t exist”, Thomas instead spent Saturday and Sunday pondering whether to stay in the Tour or go home.
Tour de France: Geraint Thomas to ride on through pain with Olympics in mind