geraint thomas had hoped to challenge him but a crash and a others will be relieved it's over. geraint thomas had hoped to challenge pogacar but a crash and a dislocated shoulder ended that. next for him the tokyo 0lympics. thomas stayed in the race to help his team—mate richard carapaz richard carapaz finish third overall for britain's ineos grenadiers team. while chris freeman's return from injury was almost scuppered by a crash on day one. he's done well to make it this far. most riders will take it easy on the final stage. the belgian wout van aert will be going for another stage victory, this time on the champs—elysees, but to do it he'll have to beat the tour�*s comeback king. victory in paris for mark cavedish would secure the sprinter�*s green jersey and set a new all—time record of 35 stage wins. the preparation is now over for the british and irish lions. they thrashed the stormers 49—3 in theirfinal warm—up match before the first test against south africa next weekend. the lions did fall behind early, but quickly turned things around. exeter�*s sam simmonds was just one of seven try scorers, but the headlines were saved for tour captain alun wynjones — he came off the bench, to complete an incredible return to action, just three weeks after