Welshman on top of podium

GERAINT Thomas was in dreamland yesterday, becoming the first Welshman to win the Tour de France.

Eleven years after finishing 140th in his debut Tour, Thomas was standing on the Champs Elysees podium as the champion of the world’s biggest bike race.

Alexander Kristoff won the most sought-after sprint stage of the race when he beat John Degenkolb and Arnaud Demare in Paris after a late attack from Yves Lampaert threatened to spoil the sprinters’ party.