‘It’s not like I lost it’: Geraint Thomas on the Giro, crashes and a last Olympic hurrah
The British rider talks about doubling up in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, and why cycling can do more in terms of safety
Geraint Thomas heads to the start of 2024’s first Grand Tour, the Giro d’Italia, determined to avenge the bitter tears of a year ago when he lost the race to Primoz Roglic in a dramatic final time trial. “It was a tough and challenging moment, but for me it wasn’t like I had a bad day or did anything drastically wrong,” he says.
“Roglic had a flyer and he deserved to win it. It’s not like I lost it – he won it. It was hard. You lead the Giro for half the race and then you lose by 15 seconds on the final day: it’s a tough one. But then as [the psychologist] Steve Peters would always say: ‘Life’s not fair. Get on with it.’”
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