was now the lone breakaway leader there was a storm coming in the shape of garang thomas the team sky man pilled off in search of glory in the last kilometer he pulled away from a group including two man before catching the last man in his way and incredible solo win by the bridge. for me just an amazing day i think i said whatever happens now as a bonus you know i think this race has been amazing for me so far. yeah success whatever happens now thomas takes over the leaders yellow jersey he's now the man to beat. raining formula one world champion lewis hamilton will remain a mercedes driver for another two years british media has reported that the new deal is worth at least thirty three million euro a year and will regain its title as the sport's top earner while the brit has won the formula one world championship a four times in his career but is currently second in this year's championship he can regain the lead in the standings at this weekend's german comps a wish marks the mint point in the twenty eight season and that does it for us thank you so much for spending this part of

and the general classification leader garang thomas was under attack throughout slovenian ride of primeau drug ledge raced into contention with a phenomenal performance which saw him cross the finish line in first place. had legs today and. i just really tried a lot of times and finally i went away then on the descent. but thomas was in hot pursuit a final sprint gave him a second place finish extending his lead to more than two minutes. with just a single time trial stage and the procession to paris to go wash when thomas has a first tour de france title within his grasp. and with that you're up to date now on the news i'm sarah kelly in berlin and don't forget the latest news information that's on our website at the top of the dot com or you can follow us on social media thanks so much for watching and waiting. to. pass on your seat belts. legal. trouble guy.

in the general classification leader garang thomas was under attack throughout slovenian ride of primrose road lidge raced into contention with a phenomenal performance which saw him cross the finish line in first place. and. i just really cried a lot of times and finally i went away then on the descent. but thomas was in hot pursuit a final sprint gave him a second place finish extending his lead to more than two minutes. with just a single time trial stage and the procession to paris to go welshman thomas has a first tour de france title within his grasp. and finally before we go we want to let you know that people across the world are watching the longest lunar eclipse of the century check this out these are live visuals now coming to us from australia what you're seeing is the moon slowly fall into the earth's shadow as it aligns itself with our planet and the sun and at its peak we are expecting the moon to turn an orange reddish hue thanks for watching. surely the people of the world over information they provide the peons they want to stress g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date

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now welsh cyclist garang thomas has sealed his maiden tour de france title they've achieved has more from paris. the thirty two year old welsh thomas said fighting in self wearing the yellow shirt was like being in the middle of a whirlwind i will take time for things to settle down but tens of thousands of supporters have gathered here in paris to watch him make that final sprint for victory bowed to its friends simply as she he's earned the respect of his fellow professionals in one of those ruling races in sports or in the world it's great the brits are doing so well in the cold fronts so that it builds up the support for cycling back home it deserves a you know he's been. left handed to prove we're games before him it's his time it's been an amazing race and just like it is every year in whoever works the hardest and does the best and doesn't use the wrong drugs gets to him but not everybody here has been cheering team sky's remarkable run of six victories out of seven consecutive races the only one. that's it and it's to battle through to get catch. maybe when that smart or mayb

the tour de france entered its third to last stage with garang to thomas holding a reasonably comfortable lead in the overall standings the course gave sprinters the chance to shine on stage eighteen meaning the yellow jersey holder was able to take a back seat. a largely flood stage provided a good platform for the tools breakaway specialists and five riders julie took advantage of a hundred seventy kilometer cool trip tree surveys to. but says is often the case the peloton soon caught up with twenty kilometers to go the sprinters were ready to take over. a mass sprint ensued with arnaud de marte producing a perfectly timed dash to the finish line it was the first stage win for a french team at this year's top meanwhile garonne thomas tightened his grip on the lead is yellow jersey but he's expecting a tougher run in the pyrenees mountains on friday they're expecting the worst really just the guys try to go in the early break attacks movie and song and obviously the final climb and. so we're just going to be cultured vigilant thomas goes into the final two competitive stages with a lead