Geraint Thomas has revealed how he rode the World Time Trial Championships in Italy without any information after his Garmin bike computer was mislaid. Wales’ 2018 Tour de France champ just missed out on a bronze in Imola by seven seconds as he finished fourth.

The Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales at Newport will stage the first round of the inaugural UCI Track Cycling Nations’ Cup. The event – which will take place from 22-25 April 2021 – will be the first elite-level international track cycling event to be held at the since velodrome since 2013.

Geraint Thomas just missed out on a medal as he blasted to fourth place at the UCI World Time Trial Championships at Imola in Italy. The Cardiff-born rider missed out on the bronze on his debut for the GB team in the TT at the championship by just eight seconds.

Geraint Thomas reckons he is riding the crest of a wave as he returns to Italy after hitting a downward spiral earlier in the season. Wales’ 2018 Tour de France champ showed his return to form when finishing second on the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race this month.

Geraint Thomas will test his return to form by competing for GB in the World Time Trial Championships in Imola in Italy next week. The Team Ineos rider will be joined in the British team by fellow Welsh rider Luke Rowe who will lead the road team for their race on September 27.

Geraint Thomas fell just short of snatching the Tirreno-Adriatico title but proved he is back on top form in Italy. The 2018 Tour de France champ finished fourth on Monday’s 10.1km time trial – clocking 11mins 10 secs –  to move up one place to second overall.

Bradley Wiggins has criticised the decision to omit Geraint Thomas from the Tour de France by Team Ineos boss Dave Brailsford. Britain’s first Tour winner reckons even an out-of-form Thomas – who won the world’s greatest cycle race in 2018 – would have been a top 10 contender this year.

Geraint Thomas’ bid for victory at Tirreno Adriatico will go down to a final stage time trial shoot out. The 34-year-old heads into the 10.1km coastal race against the clock in third spot – 39 secs down on race leader Simon Yates.

Geraint Thomas is set for a decisive final two days on the Tirreno-Adriatico. The 34-year-old finished safely in the main pack on stage six which was won in a sprint finish by Belgium’s Tim Merlier.

Geraint Thomas finished second on stage five of Tirreno-Adriatico after fellow brit Simon Yates broke clear on the summit finish at Sassotetto summit finish. The Welsh rider crossed the line alongside Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) 35 seconds down on his rival from Mitchelton-Scott on the queen stage of the race.

Geraint Thomas found himself in a sprint battle for third place after a hard and hilly stage four at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Cardiff-born rider was part of a select group of riders who went clear over the top of the final Ospedaletto climb on the 194km stage from Terni to Casca.

As a club, Maindy Fliers has a history to be proud of. A Tour de France winner, four Olympic gold medals, eight world championships titles and five medals at the Commonwealth Games. Few countries, let alone clubs, can match that. Not bad for a grass roots club set up in Cardiff only 30 years ago as somewhere young cyclists could go and have fun. A new book – The Maindy Flyers, the world’s most successful cycling club – details that rise, but for Elinor Barker it’s the future that’s just as important as the past as she tells Graham Thomas. Elinor Barker has stressed the need for the survival of grass roots sports clubs across Wales and the vital role they play in the health and social development of young people. As pupils across the country return to school, the world and Olympic cycling champion has paid tribute to her own junior club – the renowned Maindy Flyers in Cardiff – for putting her on the right track.