Tour de France: Geraint Thomas drops 10 places in general classification

Luke Rowe leads Geraint Thomas on stage 2 of the Tour de France
Luke Rowe leads Geraint Thomas on stage 2 of the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) lost vital time in the overall standings on stage 2 of the Tour de France with the 2018 race winner shipping seconds to almost all of his main rivals for the yellow jersey.

The Welshman started the stage 18 seconds off Julian Alaphilippe's (Deceuninck-QuickStep) yellow jersey but ended up crossing the line in 28th place on stage 2 atop the Mûr-de-Bretagne. He was the second Ineos Grenadiers rider over the line behind Richard Carapaz, but lost time to Alaphilippe, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma).

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.