Geraint Thomas is ready for another crack at winning the Tour de France after underlining his return to form with victory at the Tour de Suisse. The Welshman, who won cycling’s biggest race four years ago, says he is ready to lead Ineos Grenadiers after doubts all year over whether he would be the team’s main man. That status would leave Thomas well-place to battle for his second Tour de France title at the age of 36 after he proved in Switzerland he is back to full fitness following injury issues earlier in the season.

Gymnast Poppy Stickler is the latest pupil to be honoured in Whitchurch High School’s renowned Hall of Fame. Gareth Bale, Sam Warburton and Geraint Thomas already grace the walls of the most famous sporting school in Wales. Now it’s the turn of Sticker. The Cardiff pupil – who turns 16 on June 12 – is a strong contender to be named in the Wales squad for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Owain Doull has been backed to fully emerge from the long shadow of Geraint Thomas this weekend when the Giro d’Italia begins in Hungary. It’s a shadow that was cast from Cardiff and the Maindy Flyers cycling club 16 ago when Doull was starting out and Thomas had already departed. Doull continued to operate mostly in the shade of Wales’ greatest cyclist at Team Sky, which then became Ineos Grenadiers, in races and tours across Europe.

Josh Tarling led the way as Welsh riders won an incredible 17 medals at the British National Track Championships in Newport. Teenager Tarling followed up his individual title in the 120 lap points race, by also winning the men’s team pursuit, alongside Joe Holt, Harvey McNaughton and William Roberts. It proved to be a hugely memorable championships for home riders at the Geraint Thomas Velodrome as they secured five titles in all and 17 medals to lay down a marker ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham later this year.

Luke Rowe’s Tour de France is over after he finished outside the time cut on stage 11 which features a double climb of Mont Ventoux, the so-called ‘Beast of Provence’. The Ineos Grenadiers rider crossed the line around six minutes outside the time limit which is set by the stage winner.

Geraint Thomas admits his head was ‘in a bucket’ after he saw his Tour de France hopes left in tatters when losing 35 minutes in the Alps on Saturday. The 2018 champ looked poised to quit the world’s greatest cycle race to switch his focus to the Tokyo Olympics and rest the shoulder he fractured five days earlier.

Geraint Thomas is set to sit down with his Ineos Grenadiers team bosses on Monday’s much-needed rest day of the Tour de France to decide if he will continue. The 2018 Yellow Jersey winner started Sunday’s eighth stage 36 minutes behind race leader Tadej Pogacar after a tough first day in the Alps.

Injured Geraint Thomas saw any lingering hopes of challenging for the Tour de France ended as he finished 35 minutes down on stage eight. The 2018 champ’s brave effort to continue riding after dislocating his right shoulder on stage three finally took its toll as the race headed towards the Alps.

Geraint Thomas admits he is still feeling the effects of his Tour de France crash as he prepares to face a tough weekend in the Alps. The 2018 winner was briefly distanced on the ascent to the summit finish to stage seven – at 249km the longest stage of the race – before recovering to cross the line along with his main rivals.

Geraint Thomas has vowed to carry on fighting insisting it is still all to play for at the Tour de France despite losing time to his rivals on the first race against the clock. Riding the 27km time trial with his right shoulder still heavily strapped after dislocating it on stage three on Monday, 2018 Tour champ Thomas kne

Geraint Thomas thankfully come through stage four of the Tour de France unscathed as he gets ready for the first big individual test of the race. The 2018 champ finished safely in the pack on Tuesday – just 24 hours after his Yellow Jersey hopes looked in tatters after a heavy crash.

Geraint Thomas was to undergo an ultrasound on Monday night after dislocating his shoulder in a Tour de France crash. Wales’s 2018 champ had the shoulder painfully reset after the shunt following a touch of wheels just 37km into the 183km long stage three from Lorient to Pontivy.