Team Sky confirm four-time winner Chris Froome and reigning champion Geraint Thomas will both compete in the 2019 Tour de France
- Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas will lead Team Sky at the 2019 Tour De France
- Thomas aiming to retain title while Froome will seek record-equalling fifth crown
- Egan Bernal will lead the team at Giro D'Italia as Froome will not defend his title
Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas will both target the Tour de France for Team Sky in 2019.
Young Colombian Egan Bernal, who impressed as a domestique in the 2019 Tour, is set to lead the team at the Giro d'Italia.
Froome will not defend his Giro title as he seeks a record-equalling fifth Tour crown, but Thomas also plans to be in France having won the race for the first time in July.
Geraint Thomas (l) and Chris Froome (r) will jointly lead Team Sky at the 2019 Tour de France
Froome said: 'I'm getting to the point in my career now where I'm starting to think about what kind of legacy I want to leave behind and if I am able to win the Tour de France for a fifth time and join that very elite group of bike riders - only four other people have ever done that - it would just be incredible.'
Thomas became the first Welshman to ever win the Tour, and was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for his achievements.
For winning the Tour, Thomas was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December
Thomas added: 'Maybe if I hadn't have won the Tour in 2018 I might have looked at a Giro/Vuelta programme but, having won the Tour, I'll have the number one on my back and it would be sad not to go back and not to go back at 100 per cent as well.'
This will be the last tour for the team under the Team Sky banner after the company confirmed they would end sponsorship in 2019.
Young Colombian Egan Bernal will lead Team Sky at the Giro D'Italia in Froome's absence
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