{"id":3063,"date":"2014-03-11T16:08:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T16:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2014-03-11T16:08:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T16:08:13","slug":"geraint-thomas-slips-to-fifth-in-the-paris-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/11\/geraint-thomas-slips-to-fifth-in-the-paris-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraint Thomas slips to fifth in the Paris-Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1454\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/GarethThomas1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1454\" alt=\"Geraint Thomas lies fifth in the Paris-Nice after three stages\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/GarethThomas1-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1454\" alt=\"Geraint Thomas lies fifth in the Paris-Nice after three stages\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/GarethThomas1-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Geraint Thomas lies fifth in the Paris-Nice after three stages<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nTeam Sky&#8217;s Geraint\u2008Thomas slipped a place to fifth in the third stage of the Paris-Nice race this afternoon.<br \/>\nThough Thomas\u2019s Sky team mates, including fellow Cardiff cyclist Luke Rowe, worked hard to help keep him in touch with the leaders on the flat stage, he dropped 8 seconds on the day.<br \/>\nThomas, a former member of the Maindy Flyers junior cycling team, started the day placed fourth, 13 seconds behind 23-year-old Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni who remains in the lead after the end of today\u2019s racing.<br \/>\nFeillu Romain, Quemeneur Perrig and Julien Fouchard formed a breakaway early in the day, attempting to steal a stage win.<br \/>\nWith 25km to go, the three riders lead the peloton by a minute and 30 seconds but all three were caught towards the end of the stage, which finished with laps of the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours racetrack.<br \/>\nJohn Degenkolb of Germany took the stage win in a sprint finish, while Matt Goss finished second.<br \/>\nSpaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas overtook Thomas in the general classification after securing a time bonus because of his third-placed finish.<br \/>\nThe race will hot up in the general classification tomorrow as the riders begin tackling the mountainous stages, which will give Sky a chance to build a lead .<br \/>\nThomas, who has won two Olympic gold medals on the track, was unexpectedly promoted to lead Team Sky in the Paris-Nice, after Richie Porte switched to ride the Tirreno-Adriatico when Chris Froome pulled out with a back injury last week.<br \/>\nSky are looking to complete a hat trick of victories at the Paris-Nice, with Bradley Wiggins winning in 2012 and Richie Porte triumphing in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Sky&#8217;s Geraint\u2008Thomas slipped a place to fifth in the third stage of the Paris-Nice race this afternoon. Though Thomas\u2019s Sky team mates, including fellow Cardiff cyclist Luke Rowe, worked hard to help keep him in touch with the leaders on the flat stage, he dropped 8 seconds on the day. Thomas, a former member of the Maindy Flyers junior cycling team, started the day placed fourth, 13 seconds behind 23-year-old Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni who remains in the lead after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":3068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[692,1844,2100],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-cycling","tag-geraint-thomas-cycling-wales","tag-paris-nice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Geraint Thomas slips to fifth in the Paris-Nice - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/11\/geraint-thomas-slips-to-fifth-in-the-paris-nice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geraint Thomas slips to fifth in the Paris-Nice - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Team Sky&#8217;s Geraint\u2008Thomas slipped a place to fifth in the third stage of the Paris-Nice race this afternoon. 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