Geraint Thomas PROFILE

Geraint Thomas brought down the curtain on one of Welsh sport’s greatest careers with an emotional final ride at the Tour of Britain on Sunday.

The Geraint Thomas Cycling Trust (GTCT) has launched a fundraising raffle to mark the Welsh rider’s final professional race this weekend.

He’s been the youngest rider, the best rider, the oldest rider, and now an ex-rider of the Tour de France . . . Geraint Thomas has done the lot.

2018 winner Geraint Thomas will compete in the Tour de France for the final time this summer, it has been confirmed.

Welsh athletes have returned home, having made a remarkable impression at the Paris 2024 Olympics, achieving their best performance to date. A record 33 Welsh competitors, including 19 Olympic debutants, represented Team GB, bringing home a total of 13 medals—three gold, three silver, and seven bronze.

Matt Richards is already Wales’ greatest swimmer and he might yet become the country’s most celebrated Olympian. He’s 21 years old – not that you would guess watching his TV interviews from Paris, where his maturity and level-headedness is as clear and bright as his talent.

Geraint Thomas has slipped to four minutes off the pace and 42nd overall after the second stage of the Tour de France. The Welsh former Tour winner struggled to stay with the peloton on a steep finish to Sunday’s stage and slipped to four minutes, 24 seconds behind leader Tadej Pogacar.

Geraint Thomas knows his 13th Tour de France which starts in Florence could be his last – but he is looking to bow out with a bang.

She conquered the world in 2023 and now Carmarthen cyclist Emma Finucane has her sights set on winning Olympic gold in Paris this summer. The 21-year-old became the fastest woman in world cycling when she beat Germany’s Lea Friedrich to win sprint gold at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow last year, becoming only the third British rider to win the title.

Geraint Thomas is relishing the chance to ‘mix it up’ when he embarks on his 13th Tour de France on Saturday.

Geraint Thomas earned a second straight podium finish as Tadej Pogacar wrapped up overall victory and Tim Merlier won the 21st and final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome. Pogacar will now turn his attention to claiming a third Tour de France crown in July and becoming the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both that event and the Giro in the same season.

A late crash gave Geraint Thomas a scare in his bid for a place on the overall podium at the Giro d’Italia. Andrea Vendrame soloed to victory from a breakaway on stage 19 of the race in Sappada after Thomas hit the tarmac.