Thomas Gloag on his Grand Tour debut experience: “I definitely suffered the first few days when the rain hit"

Thomas Gloag, had less than 24 hours to adapt to the idea he was doing the Giro d’Italia after his teammate Jan Tratnik had a training accident in Italy the Friday before the race. He now opens up about what has been a tough Grand Tour debut. 

“I definitely suffered the first few days when the rain hit, that was pretty tough. But I’ve been feeling better and better in the last few days, so that’s positive,” Gloag said in a recent interview. With Primoz Roglic in contention for the pink jersey, the Briton will be having a very important role over the coming weeks protecting him in the mountains.

As time goes on and he continues to adapt well to a very different style of racing from what he’s done before, the team’s expectations of how much of a role he can play in their daily strategy are rising. But as he pointed out, that’s only to be expected.

“I think that’s natural, and as the race gets harder, there’s more of a natural selection. It’s almost like you kind of give everything you’ve got. So we’ll see what happens, and hopefully, I can help the team,” he said.