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Tour de France stage 20 - Listen: Thomas under way in time trial
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Tour de France stage 20LIVELive Reporting
By Jack Skelton
Thomas to win...on paper
Rob HaylesEx-GB cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live, in FranceOn paper Geraint Thomas will probably lose 50% of his lead, but all things being equal he should keep his yellow jersey. However, we are three weeks into a Grand Tour.Tom Dumoulin is the time trial world champion but he will not be at the best of his ability at this stage of the race.Thomas starts
Geraint Thomas rolls down the start ramp in the yellow jersey, complete with yellow helmet.He's ridden a flawless race and knows if he performs to his ability in time trials and gets round safely, a first Tour de France win will be his.The forecast rain has not belted down. The course is technical but looks to be dry or at least drying out.Here he goes...Post update
Rob HaylesEx-GB cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live, in FranceHe will have to put everything on the line to try and take time back on Geraint Thomas but he also only has 19 seconds on Roglic and he won't want to drop out of second place.Dumoulin starts
Tom Dumoulin looks resplendent in the rainbow bands of the world time trial champion - a skinsuit made only this morning after the Dutchman managed to lose the original.What can he do here? He's suggested 2:05 is far too much to make up on Geraint Thomas but he needs to ride to defend second overall from Primoz Roglic and Chris Froome too.Roglic starts
Primoz Roglic won a time trial stage during the 2016 Giro d'Italia.He also finished second to Dumoulin and ahead of Froome at the 2017 World Time Trial Championships.Here goes the Slovenian - can he grab second in the Tour de France?Martin named most combative rider
Ireland's Dan Martin has been given the super-combative award for the most aggressive rider in the Tour de France.It's well deserved - the UAE Team Emirates leader has animated the race throughout, launching long-distance attacks and counter-attacks, also winning stage six on the Mur-de-Bretagne.Social embed from twitter
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