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'I thought he was winding me up': Geraint Thomas believed Remco Evenepoel's Covid positive was a joke

Geraint Thomas and Remco Evenepoel

Moments before the news became official, Geraint Thomas was one of the first people to discover that Remco Evenepoel had tested positive for Covid at the Giro d’Italia. 

He found out from the world champion himself, too, who contacted him personally after Sunday's time trial to say he was pulling out of the race. Speaking in his rest day press conference, Thomas revealed he didn’t believe him.  

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