The stable has dominated the cycling world and it took home the overall victory in the Tour de France five years in a row between 2015 and 2019. But this year everything has gone wrong.
It was before the cyclists reached the starting point on Monday's stage that Ineos-Grenadiers captain Thomas crashed hard.
He went on a water bottle that was thrown into the cluster.
He hit the asphalt hard and received a blow to the left hip and also sustained injuries to his left arm and leg.
The cluster waited for Thomas to the starting point and he was in it until the end up the volcano Etna and then lost twelve minutes on the stage and is seven minutes behind in total.
Thus, the 2018 Tour de France winner lost the chance to win the Girot.
Did not comment after yesterday
Thomas gave no comments after yesterday's stage.
“In 2020, you can only run one race now.
Thank you for all the best wishes ", Thomas writes on Twitter and probably thinks of the Vuelta a Espana which is the last of the Grand Tour competitions in a couple of weeks.
After the race, he was examined with an X-ray and it was found that nothing was broken.
But the investigation continued into the morning to determine whether the Welshman would continue Girot.
And the message was negative.
These are painful memories that Thomas has from Girot.
In 2017, Thomas was forced to break the competition in connection with the ninth stage after a crash after being second.
Then he was ready to challenge for the pink leader jersey.
This year, it was thought that Thomas would finish what he was not allowed to complete three years ago.