Geraint Thomas

Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE (born 25 May 1986) is a professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers, Wales and United Kingdom.[2]

Geraint Thomas

Thomas at the 2015 E3 Harelbeke
Personal information
Full name	Geraint Howell Thomas
Nickname	G
Born	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team	Ineos Grenadiers
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder (road) Pursuiter (track)
Amateur teams
0	Maindy Flyers Youth Cycling Club /CC Cardiff
0	Cardiff JIF
2005	Team Wiesenhof (stagiaire)
2006	Template:Cycling data SDV (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2006	Template:Cycling data RCS
2007–2009	Barloworld
2010–	Team Sky
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (2018) 3 individual stages (2017, 2018) Stage races Critérium du Dauphiné (2018) Paris–Nice (2016) Bayern–Rundfahrt (2011, 2014) Volta ao Algarve (2015, 2016) Tour of the Alps (2017) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2010) National Time Trial Championships (2018) E3 Harelbeke (2015)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team pursuit 2012 London Team pursuit World Championships 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team pursuit 2008 Manchester Team pursuit 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit 2006 Bordeaux Team pursuit 2012 Melbourne Madison Representing  Wales Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Points race Men's road cycling Representing Team Sky World Championships 2013 Tuscany Team time trial Representing  Wales Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Road race 2014 Glasgow Time trial

Thomas has enjoyed success both on the track and on the road. On the track he was a specialist in the team pursuit. He won three world championships and was Olympic gold medalist twice, in 2008 and 2012. Thomas had an early success on the road at the 2004 Paris–Roubaix Juniors and later had senior victories at the 2010 British National Road Race Championships, the 2014 Commonwealth Games road race and his first classic, the 2015 E3 Harelbeke. He has also had a number of stage race overall victories; including the 2011 and 2014 Bayern-Rundfahrt, the 2016 Paris–Nice, the 2017 Tour of the Alps and the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné.

Thomas won the first stage of 2017 Tour de France, an individual time trial, to become the first Welshman, and only the eighth cyclist from the United Kingdom, to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. On stage 9, when placed second overall, he crashed on a descent and broke his collarbone, forcing him to withdraw from the race.

In the 2018 Tour de France, Thomas took the yellow jersey after winning stage 11, extended his lead after winning stage 12, and retained the lead for the remainder of the event, becoming the third British (and the first British born) cyclist, after Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, and the first Welshman, to win the Tour de France.