Geraint Thomas, Tour de France 2011, stage three

Geraint Thomas will help lead team Sky's new focus at the Tour de France in the next two weeks after Bradley Wiggins abandoned.

"In those middle, undulating stages he's an ideal man for the break away," Sean Yates said. "He's got a fair turn of speed and can get up the climbs."

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