Thomas is already performing for the cation-packed event in Netherlands which started today while on the other hand, Peter Sagan, the green jersey winner, is already grabbing victories in Aalst.
Right after the major celebrations in Paris where Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas won the big title he headed to the known as the lucrative post-Tour criteriums which are held in Belgium and Netherlands.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of taking part in the Natour Criterium in Aalst, together with my friend @Daniel87Oss. We never miss an opportunity to go back to Belgium. And to the thousands of fans that line up the streets to cheer us! pic.twitter.com/NGMDD7V2T6
— Peter Sagan (@petosagan) July 31, 2018
On the last couple of years, these lucrative post-Tour events have become widely famous. They’re also highly anticipated by big names and Tour de France favourites.
Not affordable
According to the famous Het Nieuwsblad, Peter Sagan had also planned to make an appearance at the famous Roeselare crit located in West Flanders tonight. He would be accompanied by Quick-Step’s rider Niki Terpstra.
On the other hand, the 2018 tour de France winner, Britain’s Geraint Thomas, has planned to make an appearance in his yellow jersey at the Profronde van Surhuisterveen criterium which is located in the north of the Netherlands tonight.
Het Nieuwsblad says that the presence of Peter Sagan in most of the events indicated that the criteriums’ organizers cannot afford bringing Geraint Thomas as well with the rate of inviting a rider of this calibre to be at around $70,000.
