Thomas happy with development at Team Sky

BySportsbeat

Published 06/02/2016 at 15:27 GMT

Geraint Thomas is confident he remains in the right environment to compete to be the best despite the presence of other leading riders at Team Sky.

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Double Olympic track champion Thomas has proved his pedigree on the road in recent years, becoming the first British rider to win Belgium's formidable E3 Harelbeke race in March 2015.

He followed that up with a second-place finish in the Tour de Suisse before recording a career-best finish of 15th in the Tour de France.

This came despite putting most of his energies towards supporting teammate Chris Froome who went on to claim his second yellow jersey.

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Team boss Sir Dave Brailsford has in the past hinted that Thomas could be given the chance to be a Grand Tour leader.

And while Froome will again be favourite to lead the team in this year's Tour de France, Thomas is open-minded about what could happen further down the line.

"Obviously I want the opportunities to try and win those big races, and I'm confident I'll get them," said Thomas, who is into the final months of his current Team Sky deal.

"I'm in the best place to learn how to prepare and be ready to win a Grand Tour. I think it's perfect for my development.

"If it came to the point where I felt I could compete for the win and being in the same team as Froome was going to jeopardise that, then yes, I would want to explore other options.

"At the same time I wouldn't just go to any random team that can't support you properly.

"I've been working under Dave Brailsford since I was 18 and it works."

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