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"The difference between me and him, pure power-wise, is massive" - Geraint Thomas continues to laud praise on teenage compatriot Joshua Tarling
CyclingThursday, 17 August 2023 at 13:00
Joshua Tarling was one of the breakout stars of the recent Glasgow World Championships. The 19-year-old Welshman taking a brilliant bronze in the men's elite time-trial, much to the delight of his compatriot and INEOS Grenadiers teammate, Geraint Thomas.
"He's super talented. He's proper packing. He's a big unit of a bloke," Thomas said on the most recent edition of his Watts Occurring podcast alongside Luke Rowe. "I asked him what he was going to average for the race, roughly – he said around 455 was the plan. I was like 'Jesus!'."
Thomas himself was 10th on the day and seeing Tarling's success could be viewed as something of a passing of the torch between the Welsh stars. "My 10-minute power's maybe 470, my best. So not far off that, and this was for maybe an hour. The difference between me and him, pure power-wise, is massive."
"I don't actually know what I averaged," Thomas insists when prodded by Rowe to reveal his own numbers. "Yeah it's all part of the long game, it's just a big bluff. I'm actually flying, I could have won that," Thomas concludes jokingly.
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