UGeraint Thomasukhulume ngokuphoxeka kokuphuma embangweni womabiliTour de Francekanye neImidlalo yama-Olympic yaseTokyoemgwaqweni kodwa wafunga ukuthi uzowucindezela futhi ukuze kuqulwe icala lesikhathi ngoLwesithathu.
UThomas uphume emjahweni wabesilisa ngempelasonto ngemuva kokuthi uzakwabo u-Tao Geoghegan Hart eshaye udaka eshiya indoda yaseWales ingenandawo. Owake wawina iTour washaya into ecokeme esiteji sesi-3 somjaho walo nyaka futhi wachezuka ihlombe lakhe futhi nakuba ekwazile ukuqhubeka nomjaho akazange abe yingxenye yempi ye-GC futhi waxhugela waya eParis njengekhaya likazakwabo u-Richard Carapaz.
Isizini yalo mdlali waseWales wayethembise lukhulu ngokuwina ku-Tour de Romandie kanye nesiteji nendawo yenkundla eCriterium du Dauphine kodwa ukuphahlazeka kube nomthelela omkhulu emigomeni yakhe emikhulu yonyaka.
“Besisahla ngomgwaqo osheshayo, bekunensimbi encane phakathi kwathi uTao [Geoghegan Hart] washaya leyo walahlekelwa yisondo lakhe langaphambili ngase ngilandela ngqo,” kusho uThomas ngokuwa kwakhe ngoMgqibelo. umjaho wamadoda okwaholela ekutheni ayilahle.
“Bengingazama ukuhlala phezu kwakhe - bekuzonciphisa ukushaya kwami. Kodwa yebo, sobabili besisedekhini futhi sinebhadi - ingozi eyenzeka nje," etshela i-Eurosport.
“Ngangazi ukuthi angimubi, njengokuphuka kwento, kodwa uma ushaya phansi ngalelo hlobo lejubane akukaze kube mnandi. Ngishayeke kancane, ukuphahlazeka nje okujwayelekile kodwa kuyadumaza. Ngemuva kokuvakasha nakho konke, ngifuna ukuza lapha, ukushintsha kwesimo kanye neqembu le-GB ngigqugquzeleke ngempela ukuthi ngizame ukuthola okuthile ngakho. "
UThomas ukhombe eminye imiphumela yakhe, ehlanganisa nesesithathu kuVolta a Catalunya, ukuthi kungani umkhankaso wakhe ka-2021 ungazange ube yinhlekelele.
“Akukhona ukuthi ngibe nesizini embi. Ngiwine imijaho emibili, ngike ngaya lapho emsamo izikhathi ezimbalwa kanjalo. Kodwa okubhekwe kakhulu okubili yilokhu ophupha ngakho futhi yibo lapho ngigcine khona phansi ngakho kunzima kodwa kuyingxenye yezemidlalo. Njengempilo jikelele, awutholi njalo okukufanele. Udinga nje ukuqhubeka uzama.”
UThomas noGeohegan bazoqhudelana necala labesilisa ngesikhathi esisodwa ngoLwesithathu. Uma sicabanga ukuthi uThomas useluleme ekuweni kwakhe emjahweni womgwaqo kufanele abe sesimweni sokulwela ukuthola indondo. Isifundo esinzima siyamfanela kodwa uzobhekana nabadlali abafana noFilippo Ganna (Italy), Rohan Dennis (Australia) noWout van Aert noRemco Evenepoel baseBelgium.
“Lo nyaka ube unzima ngokwengqondo kodwa ngisenalo elinye ithuba ngoLwesithathu nge-TT [isivivinyo sesikhathi] ngakho ngizovele ngiphumule manje futhi ngethemba ukuthi ngizothola okuthile kulokho,” kusho uThomas. "Ukuphusha okukodwa, okungenani hlala ebhayisikilini."
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-28-2021
