Geraint Thomas to retire from cycling at end of season: ‘It’s not been a bad run, eh?’

2018 Tour de France winner also won two Olympic golds
Tour of Britain in September will be Welshman’s last race

The double Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas will retire from cycling this year. The 38-year-old announced on Monday morning he will be bringing the curtain down on a successful 19-year professional career, with British Cycling saying September’s Tour of Britain will be his final race.

Thomas claimed Olympic team pursuit gold on the track at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 before going on to win the Tour de France in 2018, becoming the third Briton and only Welshman to win road cycling’s biggest race.

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