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• “I’m feeling good
  
  ”
  
  RecommendedTour de France: Copenhagen locals excited to host opening stage of cycling raceCian Healy leg injury ‘doesn’t look too good’, Ireland boss Andy Farrell admitsHarmony Tan’s partner fumes at Wimbledon doubles withdrawal“I’m much better now,” the Lancastrian said
  
  Now we all know it’s Pogacar and Roglic who have been the MVPs in the last couple of years
  
  Yates, 29, hopes to be a factor too, having overcome the bout of Covid which forced him to pull out early from the Tour de Suisse
  
  Thomas goes into Friday’s opening stage in Copenhagen on the back of victory in the Tour de Suisse two weeks ago
  
  I had to miss some key (preparation) but luckily for me I usually manage to get fit quite quickly
  
  We’ve got a super-strong team
  
  That has taken some adjustment for a team who won seven of eight editions of the Tour between 2012 and 2019, first as Team Sky and later Ineos, but they are hoping strength in numbers can be the answer this year
  
  We can’t pull all day, set a tempo and then go man versus man to beat them
  
  “I don’t need too much time, but we’ll find out in the time trial on Friday
  
  However, he is one of three leaders of the Ineos Grenadiers – alongside Dani Martinez and Adam Yates – as they look to take on the likes of defending champion Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic
  
  “We can’t ride it the same way
  
  “I’m going well and I want to be there in the mix to help them, and to take opportunities if they come
  
  I had proper fever and chills, it was not ideal
  
  “I had three or four days that were quite bad to be honest
  
  Suisse showed I was in decent shape, so we’ll see how it goes here
  
  ”Martinez is seen by many as the strongest card in the Ineos pack, though the 26-year-old is still relatively inexperienced in a leadership role
  
  “It’s always nice when you hear Grandad Brad says things like that about you,” Thomas said of the man he won Olympic gold alongside in 2008
  
  “In the past we always had (Chris) Froome, or Brad, myself or Egan, we’ve always had one of the big favourites going into the start
  
  I’ve got a lot of experience and I just want to enjoy these races now
  
  ”Ineos have had no answer to Pogacar since he took victory in his debut Tour in 2020, with the 23-year-old Slovenian having won seven of the eight stage races he has started since
  
  Geraint Thomas was happy to hear his prospects for yellow at this year’s Tour de France talked up by “Grandad Brad” Wiggins but insisted he will take things as they come over the next three weeks
  
  That’s a big change
  
  ”RecommendedTrump ordered armed supporters to Capitol, lunged for steering wheelMetropolitan Police placed under special measures by watchdogBut Thomas, who followed up his Tour victory in 2018 with second place behind team-mate Egan Bernal 12 months later, does not want the pressure of setting himself a specific target, saying instead it is about getting the processes right
  
  “I’m a lot closer to the end of my career now than the start
  
  The main thing is we ride together, we’re aggressive together and we ride off each other, which is what we’ve done all year
  
  I’m pretty chilled
  
  “We don’t have the favourite in the race,” Thomas said
  
  But we’ve got a strong team, we’ve got numbers, and hopefully we can use them at right moments
  
  “Obviously I’ve won the race and I’ve come second,” he said
  
  Wiggins last week told a Eurosport podcast that the 36-year-old Welshman might be an underdog this summer but warned to “dismiss Geraint Thomas at your peril” as he backed him for a podium finish
  
  Since November, Dani and Adam have been the leaders of the team and it’s still that way
  
  
  
  But we’ve got a strong team, we’ve got numbers, and hopefully we can use them at right moments
  
  “I’m going well and I want to be there in the mix to help them, and to take opportunities if they come
  
  ”RecommendedTrump ordered armed supporters to Capitol, lunged for steering wheelMetropolitan Police placed under special measures by watchdogBut Thomas, who followed up his Tour victory in 2018 with second place behind team-mate Egan Bernal 12 months later, does not want the pressure of setting himself a specific target, saying instead it is about getting the processes right
  
  Geraint Thomas was happy to hear his prospects for yellow at this year’s Tour de France talked up by “Grandad Brad” Wiggins but insisted he will take things as they come over the next three weeks
  
  “We don’t have the favourite in the race,” Thomas said
  
  “I’m a lot closer to the end of my career now than the start
  
  I’m pretty chilled
  
  I had to miss some key (preparation) but luckily for me I usually manage to get fit quite quickly
  
  Suisse showed I was in decent shape, so we’ll see how it goes here
  
  “I don’t need too much time, but we’ll find out in the time trial on Friday
  
  ”Ineos have had no answer to Pogacar since he took victory in his debut Tour in 2020, with the 23-year-old Slovenian having won seven of the eight stage races he has started since
  
  I had proper fever and chills, it was not ideal
  
  ”Martinez is seen by many as the strongest card in the Ineos pack, though the 26-year-old is still relatively inexperienced in a leadership role
  
  “We can’t ride it the same way
  
  Yates, 29, hopes to be a factor too, having overcome the bout of Covid which forced him to pull out early from the Tour de Suisse
  
  “I had three or four days that were quite bad to be honest
  
  ”
  
  Wiggins last week told a Eurosport podcast that the 36-year-old Welshman might be an underdog this summer but warned to “dismiss Geraint Thomas at your peril” as he backed him for a podium finish
  
  I’ve got a lot of experience and I just want to enjoy these races now
  
  That’s a big change
  
  “Obviously I’ve won the race and I’ve come second,” he said
  
  Now we all know it’s Pogacar and Roglic who have been the MVPs in the last couple of years
  
  However, he is one of three leaders of the Ineos Grenadiers – alongside Dani Martinez and Adam Yates – as they look to take on the likes of defending champion Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic
  
  Thomas goes into Friday’s opening stage in Copenhagen on the back of victory in the Tour de Suisse two weeks ago
  
  “I’m feeling good
  
  “In the past we always had (Chris) Froome, or Brad, myself or Egan, we’ve always had one of the big favourites going into the start
  
  We can’t pull all day, set a tempo and then go man versus man to beat them
  
  We’ve got a super-strong team
  
  That has taken some adjustment for a team who won seven of eight editions of the Tour between 2012 and 2019, first as Team Sky and later Ineos, but they are hoping strength in numbers can be the answer this year
  
  The main thing is we ride together, we’re aggressive together and we ride off each other, which is what we’ve done all year
  
  “It’s always nice when you hear Grandad Brad says things like that about you,” Thomas said of the man he won Olympic gold alongside in 2008
  
  RecommendedTour de France: Copenhagen locals excited to host opening stage of cycling raceCian Healy leg injury ‘doesn’t look too good’, Ireland boss Andy Farrell admitsHarmony Tan’s partner fumes at Wimbledon doubles withdrawal“I’m much better now,” the Lancastrian said
  
  Since November, Dani and Adam have been the leaders of the team and it’s still that way