'Deep down this is what I love most': Geraint Thomas relishing brief return to the Classics

Thomas will drop in to race Paris-Roubaix before returning focus to stage racing for 2018

Geraint Thomas recons Paris-Roubaix cobbles ahead of the 2018 race (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

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Geraint Thomas returns to what he loves this Sunday in Paris-Roubaix, a chance to race the cobbles with his eyes on the Tour de France overall in July.

Team Sky parachuted the Welshman in to race alongside leaders Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Gianni Moscon and Dylan Van Baarle in the Hell of the North. It is a chance for Thomas to try the cobbles that will feature in the ninth stage of the Tour and to keep alive his dream of one day lifting the famous cobblestone trophy.

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