“My bracket on which my Garmin - which tells me the time and distance and speed and everything - came off, so I was riding blind for a bit, and my bike seemed to be clicking, too. That year he finished 124th, 16 minutes down, but 11 years on and with his eye firmly on the GC ball, Thomas said despite various technological distractions, he was satisfied with his performance on the stage and the climb itself. Thomas was one of the few riders present that knew the climb from the previous ascent in the Giro, riding it in 2012 when he was using the Italian Grand Tour as a build-up for racing on the track in the London Olympics - where he took gold in the team pursuit. But it was more about staying in control, we all felt pretty good, and we had numbers, so it was good.” “I did ask what the time gap was because it would have been nice to have flicked him and brought the time down so he kept the jersey. “We were just staying in a good position, and we were suddenly on the front, and it was - let’s just keep going and see what happens. “I wasn’t that bothered if we rode or not, we were just staying in a good position,” Thomas explained.
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