Geraint Thomas says cycling now ‘one of the cleanest sports around’

• Team Sky rider says the sport is in ‘a great period’
• ‘There’s no way I would have won the Tour all those years ago’

Geraint Thomas is confident cycling is now “one of the cleanest sports around” after admitting he would not have won the Tour de France during the sport’s dark ages.

“I think what has gone in the past has helped clean up the sport” said Thomas before his first race of the season, the five-stage Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in Spain. “I am confident it is one of the cleanest sports. That’s great, because there’s no way I would have won the Tour all those years ago. I am fortunate to be at the age I am riding my bike now. I think the sport is in a great period.”

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