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THREE

for

Tour de France winner Britain's
Geraint Thomas, wearing the ONE
overall leader's yellow jersey,
leaves the podium ceremony
on the Champs-Elysees
avenue in Paris,, Sunday July
29, 2018.
Associated Press
Undeterred

by skeptical

fans, Thomas

takes Tour de

France title

By ANDREW DAMPF and CI-
ARAN FAHEY
Associated Press writers
PARIS (AP) — The spits and
the jeers. The eggs thrown
at team cars. The attempts
to unbalance riders while
riding up the most grueling
climbs.
Geraint Thomas never
flinched at whatever fans
— or his rivals — threw at
him or Team Sky.
The Welsh rider was the
steadiest rider from the
start, the strongest in the
Alps and the Pyrenees. On
Sunday he concluded his
transformation from a sup-
port rider into a champion
of cycling's biggest race
by claiming his first Tour de
France title.
"With the boys, that's the No. 1 Dustin Johnson wins Canadian Open
main thing for the whole
three weeks, we stuck at Glen Abbey
together through some
tough times, stayed strong,"
Thomas said.
"Everything just clicked this
race." Dustin Johnson, of the United States, hoists the Canadian Open championship trophy at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville,
Ontario, Sunday, July 29, 2018.
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