Geraint Thomas at the 2020 Worlds in Imola (Yuzuru Sunada)
Geraint Thomas rode the 2020 UCI Road World Championships without a Garmin, the Welshman has revealed, having managed a fourth-place finish despite "riding blind".
The 2018 Tour de France winner looks the be riding himself into form ahead of the Giro d'Italia, having also managed second overall at Tirreno-Adriatico, but says he doesn't want to use the lack of a Garmin as an excuse for not going better than fourth in Imola.
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