Geraint Thomas on having Arensman and De Plus ranked well: "We will be able to use them to create advantages"

Much more serious than Primoz Roglic, without a smile and wearing a mask, Geraint Thomas stood before the press before facing the first potentially decisive stage of the 2023 Giro d'Italia. The Welshman from the INEOS Grenadiers made it clear that everything has been planned in such a way that has arrived in good shape for this hard and definitive third week of the Corsa Rosa:

"We have been warming up to get to the top of this week, a tough mountain stage, with a tough finish, there will be different ones in the general classification. We have a very tough week ahead of us. It has not been easy to save energy with the weather conditions, but everything is going to explode week."

Regarding the tactics of the race, he acknowledges that they may have an advantage over the Jumbo-Visma if they use the duo of Thymen Arensman and Laurens de Plus, both also in the top 10 of the general classification, in some kind of attack.

"We will be able to use them to create advantages because they are well positioned in the general. We will see how we finish at the end of the day, it is only 2 seconds with Primoz."