Geraint Thomas rode to his best-ever Tour de France result by finishing 22nd overall in Paris – but the Welshman’s form in Scotland is far from certain.

Thomas admitted to feeling fatigued in the Pyrenees as the Tour came to a close and will have had only three days off between rolling across the finish line on the Champs-Elysees and rolling down the start ramp in Glasgow.

Thomas could be flying – see Wiggins’ destruction of the 2012 Olympic time trial after winning the Tour de France – or crawling on Thursday, and the 28-year-old, who signed a new two-year deal with Team Sky on Monday, has played down his chances, with Sunday’s road race the primary goal.

However, the powerful all-rounder, who is also a two-time Olympic gold medallist on the track, has the credentials to fight for a medal.

The Cardiff-born rider finished second in the British national time trial championships, behind Wiggins and ahead of Dowsett, on the weekend prior to the Tour de France and won against the clock en-route to overall victory at the five-stage Bayern-Rundfahrt stage race in May.