Brailsford says Geraint Thomas should stay with Team Sky
Team Sky head Dave Brailsford believes that Geraint Thomas should remain with the British WorldTour team despite being courted by other teams following his recent Tour de France victory. In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, Brailsford said, "I am pretty positive this is the best team for Geraint."
Thomas, 32, became the first Welshman to win the Tour de France on Sunday in Paris, while his Team Sky teammate and former four-time Tour winner Chris Froome placed third.
Thomas' contract with Team Sky expires at the end of this year, and as expected, other teams have expressed an interest in signing him for future seasons. He had intended to confirm his future plans in June, and said that he had offers from other teams but that he felt at home at Team Sky.
Brailsford said that he understood that rival teams would be making offers to Thomas, and that he would have a "big decision" to make in either choosing to stay with Team Sky or moving on to a new outfit.
"It's not unusual that these guys win something big and it puts them in a different place to when they started out," Brailsford told the BBC. "With the contract negotiations we will sit down and thrash it all out.
"We're a team that wants him, a team where he has been very successful, one where he knows the staff. Like anyone he is entitled to listen to other options, but I'd like to think we will get it all sorted out."
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