'We ran out of road and the barriers were sticking out': Geraint Thomas escapes injury in nervous opening stage of Tour de France 2019

The 2018 champion was forced into the barrier in the closing kilometres but didn't lose time

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Geraint Thomas escaped injury after crashing in the final two kilometres of the Tour de France's opening stage in Brussels.

Team Ineos rider Thomas, the 2018 champion, fell in a crash that took out sprinter Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) as the pace surged in the closing moments.

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