Geraint Thomas: Being joint leaders takes pressure off me and Mikel Landa at the Giro

Team Sky rider believes the partnership he’s established with his teammate at the Tour of the Alps will pay dividends at the Giro

Thomas and Landa at the Tour of the Alps (Foto Mosna)

Geraint Thomas believes that going into the 100th Giro d’Italia in a fortnight as Team Sky’s joint leader with Mikel Landa will benefit both riders when they take on race favourites Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana.

The Welshman says the Giro will ultimately make “a natural selection” when it comes to deciding which of them might ultimately challenge for the maglia rosa.

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Peter Cossins has been writing about professional cycling since 1993, with his reporting appearing in numerous publications and websites including Cycling WeeklyCycle Sport and Procycling - which he edited from 2006 to 2009. Peter is the author of several books on cycling - The Monuments, his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, followed in 2015 by Alpe d’Huez, an appraisal of cycling’s greatest climb. Yellow Jersey - his celebration of the iconic Tour de France winner's jersey won the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year Award.