Geraint Thomas reflects on crash-filled Classics campaign

Geraint Thomas, Paris-Roubaix 2013

Geraint Thomas finished Paris-Roubaix yesterday but not before marking a hat trick of inopportune crashes at spring Monuments in which he had a leadership role for the first time with team Sky.

Thomas had nailed it through the early cobble sections, leading the peloton at a point, but his run of untimely misfortune continued in northern France.

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Sophie Smith is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and author of Pain & Privilege: Inside Le Tour. She follows the WorldTour circuit, working for British, Australian and US press, and has covered 10 Tours de France.