Despite crashing in every second race he participated in this spring, Geraint Thomas made a good use of a rare opportunity to lead the Team Sky in the Paris-Nice and recorded highly respectable results in Flemish classics, proving to be a highly promising classics specialist and stage racer for the future. Thus, it comes as no surprise that several WorldTour squads expressed their interest in signing the 27-year old Welshman, since his contract with the British team expires this season.

Thomas revealed that he is set to decide his future by the end of this week, and even though his words suggest that most likely he would stay at Team Sky for several more seasons, the 27-year old Welshman was pleased to receive interesting offers from another strong teams.

"I'm obviously speaking to Sky at the moment and I think it should be sorted this week with where I go," Thomas said.

"Obviously Sky is a great team but I think it's good to have a look at other teams and what they have to offer. It gives your confidence a boost when there's three or four teams that have offered you a good contract, so interesting times."

Since eleven Team Sky riders are on the contract year this season, rather significant changes in their roster for 2016 seem inevitable, however, manager of the British squad Dave Brailsford revealed yearlier this year that he intends to maintain a ‘core’ of the team unchanged.

"We've got eleven guys out of contract this year and we're constantly trying to build and improve the team," Brailsford told Cyclingnews.

"We've got some great riders we want to re-contract and so keep the nucleus of the team together. But there are also opportunities to see if you can bring someone else in."

"There are new challenges coming up and new riders are coming through. The minute you think you've got the right solution to everything is the minute you start losing."

The general idea of creating Team Sky was to support a development of British cyclists, but despite building the squad around his fellow countryman, Brailsford emphasized that they have to earn a spot in the team just like representatives of other countries.

"I think you've got to look at ability first. That's what matters and you go from there. That's how I've always worked and it's the rule we'll use again for the future of Team Sky."

As said, Thomas is set to decide his future in cycling by the way of this week, as his still enjoys a break following his crash-marred yet successful spring campaign. The Welshman will return to competition at the Bayern-Rundfahrt with an intention to become a part of the Team Sky Tour de France roster in July.