The cycling afficionados amongst you might well already know but history was made today in Düsseldorf.
In a totally unexpected result nearly man Geraint (G) Thomas won the opening TT stage of the TdeF by a hefty 5 seconds! The first Welsh rider to wear the Yellow Jersey he had to beat several TT world champions and indeed the recently crowned UK champion to get his Lion!
Whether by chance or design Team Sky placed 4 riders in the first ten ahead of all the other GC contenders some of whom lost more time today than Froomies winning margin last year!
I had planned to be in Germany this weekend to see the race in person but as you know I couldn't travel. This result is at least some compensation!
Here's to twenty more days of excitement!
Mads
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Not only that...
but Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C; Welsh language TV) showed it live, in Welsh!
Well done G
On the day the Lions roared! (They beat the All Blacks).
Angharad
Geraint, Froome and Team Sky
Not only did Geraint get his cute lion, and his Yellow jersey, and the Green Jersey, but Sky grabbed four of the top eight positions, and Froome got half a minute or more over the other GC contenders. A tour de force!
Red MacDonald
todays stage
even more today. cav might be out but sagen is out.