Worries about Tour winner Thomas after a fall

Two and a half weeks before the Tour de France, the second top star after Chris Froome is also in danger of being canceled for the 2th Tour of France. Defending champion Geraint Thomas crashed on the 106th stage of the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday and had to end the race early. The 4-year-old Welshman fell around 33 kilometers from the finish, like Kazakh Andrey Zeits, was treated on the side of the road for a long time and finally gave up his tour dress rehearsal.

So Elia Viviani's stage win on the 4th day of the 83rd Tour of Switzerland almost became a minor matter. After 163,9 kilometers from Murten to Arlesheim, the Italian road champion was able to prevail in the sprint against the Australian Michael Matthews and superstar Peter Sagan (Slovakia).

But the focus was on Thomas, who has to worry about starting the Tour of France starting on July 6th in Brussels. As his team told Ineos, the Welshman was taken to hospital for further examinations. The 33-year-old had recently been in improving form and underlined his ambitions for a second victory in the Tour of France. Last year he won ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) and Froome.

“I'm very happy because I haven't won for a long time. It was my first victory in Switzerland and I am optimistic about the big goal of the Tour de France,” said Viviani after his first victory in around 1 months.

Results of the Tour de Suisse (WorldTour) from Tuesday: 4th stage: Murten – Arlesheim (163,9 km): 1. Elia Viviani (ITA) Deceuninck-Quick-Step 3:46:02 hrs. 2. Michael Matthews (AUS) Sunweb 3. Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora 4. Matteo Trentin (ITA) – Mitchelton 5. Jasper Stuyven (BEL) Trek Sep 6 Vanmarcke (BEL)

Overall rating: 1. Sagan 11:37:28 hrs. 2. Matthews + 0:10 mins. 3. Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck Quick Step 0:15 4. Rohan Dennis (AUS) Bahrain-Merida 0:16 5. Lawson Craddock (USA) EF 0:21 6. Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama-FDJ 0:25

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Worries about Tour winner Thomas after a fall

After Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas is also threatened with retirement from the 106th Tour de France. The defending champion fell on the 4th stage of the Tour de Suisse and has to worry about his start.

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