Team Sky boss tells Ned Boulting he's pleased to tie Geraint Thomas down to a three-year contract - but says 'the demand for Geraint went up, so the price went up'.
"It's quite interesting because guys like Geraint have now got their agents, their value's going up, other teams are interested in them, and so the negotiations this time round are different from where they were last time round."
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