Geraint Thomas encouraged by his 2010 season
Welsh rider Geraint Thomas is pleased with what he has achieved during the 2010 season, saying that he is ready to improve on his performances in 2011.
The road and track rider, who joined Sky from Barloworld ahead of 2010, said that the highlight of the season was his victory at the UK National Championships in July, when his team claimed all three places on the podium.
"Winning at the nationals was definitely the high-point of my road racing career up to now...There was a lot of pressure on us to perform as a team even though we were without two of our stronger riders in Bradley Wiggins and Steve Cummings. To get first,
second and third was amazing and to be on the podium with two of my mates at the end made it that extra bit special."
Prior to his victory at the nationals, Thomas started his first ever Tour de France, where he finished second in the third stage against some of the best competition around.
The stage was one of the most difficult on this year's route, with seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong falling victim on the cobbled stretch.
"Stage three was an unbelievable day and definitely my highlight of the Tour. To be drilling it alongside the likes of Fabian Cancellara, Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans was a real buzz and to be going for a stage win was a dream come true. On one of the final
cobbled sections I was able to take it all in and seeing the British flags and hearing people shouting my name was a massive boost."
Classics and second Tour start on the cards for 2011
The 24-year-old added that he is eager to improve for Sky in the Classics next season, during which he will hope to partake in the Tour for a second time.
"The Classics are going to be an important part of my season again and I'll be doing all I can to help the likes of Juan Antonio Flecha, Mathew Hayman and Edvald Boasson Hagen. If I can target a few prologues as well at races like Paris-Nice or the Dauphiné
that would be great, and obviously I'd love to ride the Tour again."
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