THOMAS Geraint

Great Britain
Cycling Road
25 May 1986
35
Male
CARDIFF
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Men's Road Race DNF
Men's Individual Time Trial 12

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Road Race
Finished
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Individual Time Trial
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING ROAD

Olympic Games
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time Trial
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA119

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time TrialTeam Time Trial
2020Imola, ITA-4-
2019Harrogate, GBRDNF--
2017Bergen, NOR--3
2016Doha, QATDNF-4
2014Ponferrada, ESPDNF-4
2013Florence, ITADNF-3
2012Valkenburg, NED--9
2011Copenhagen, DEN81--
2009Mendrisio, SUIDNF--
2008Varese, ITADNF--

Tour de France
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Individual2018Paris, FRA
2Men's Individual2019Paris, FRA
15Men's Individual2016Paris, FRA
15Men's Individual2015Paris, FRA
22Men's Individual2014Paris, FRA
31Men's Individual2011Paris, FRA
41Men's Individual2021Paris, FRA
67Men's Individual2010Paris, FRA
137Men's Individual2007Paris, FRA
140Men's Individual2013Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia
RankEventYearLocation
80Men's Individual2012Milan, ITA
118Men's Individual2008Milan, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya
RankEventYearLocation
69Men's Individual2015Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12021Men's IndividualTour de RomandieFribourg, SUI
12018Men's IndividualCriterium du DauphineSaint-Gervais-les-Bains, FRA
12016Men's IndividualParis - NiceNice, FRA
12015Road RaceE3 HarelbekeHarelbeke, BEL
22020Men's IndividualTirreno - AdriaticoSan Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
22015Men's IndividualTour de SuisseBern, SUI
32021Men's IndividualCriterium du DauphineLes Gets, FRA
32021Men's IndividualVolta a CatalunyaMontjuic, ESP
32019Men's IndividualTour de RomandieGeneva, SUI
32018Men's IndividualTirreno - AdriaticoSan Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
32015Road RaceGent - WevelgemWevelgem, BEL
32014Road RaceE3 HarelbekeHarelbeke, BEL
32013Men's IndividualTour Down UnderAdelaide, SA, AUS


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

CYCLING TRACK

Olympic Games
YearLocation4km TP
2012London, GBR1
2008Beijing, CHN1

World Championships
YearLocation4km IP4km TPMadison
2012Melbourne, VIC, AUS512
2008Manchester, GBR-1-
2007Palma de Mallorca, ESP-1-
2006Bordeaux, FRA-2-


Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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G, Ger, G-Man (bbc.co.uk, 18 Dec 2018; geraintthomas.com, 16 Dec 2018; cyclingweekly.com, 01 Nov 2018)
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Supporting English football team Arsenal. (Castelli Cycling YouTube channel, 19 Apr 2019)
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Athlete
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Wife Sara, son Macs [2019]
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English
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INEOS Grenadiers [Great Britain] since 2010
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He has represented Great Britain in track cycling, and won gold medals at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jun 2014)
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Turned professional in 2007
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In December 2020 he dislocated his shoulder in a training accident. (bbc.co.uk, 06 Dec 2020)

He was forced to withdraw from the 2020 Giro d'Italia with a fractured hip. He sustained the injury after crashing when a drinks bottle became lodged under his front wheel just before the start of stage three. (bbc.co.uk, 06 Oct 2020)

In 2017 he sustained a broken collarbone. (bbc.co.uk, 28 Jul 2019)

He fractured his pelvis after crashing on stage one of the 2013 Tour de France. Despite his injury, he continued and managed to finish the race. (telegraph.co.uk, 28 Apr 2014)

He crashed during the individual time trial at the 2009 Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy. He went over a guardrail and down the banking at the side of the road, fracturing his hip and breaking the scaphoid bone in his wrist. (geraintthomas.com, 08 Jul 2016)

Doctors were forced to remove his spleen in 2005 after a training accident. The accident kept him off his bike for six weeks. (telegraph.co.uk, 28 Apr 2014; dailymail.co.uk, 24 Sep 2010)
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He began cycling at age 10 in Cardiff, Wales. (geraintthomas.com, 08 Jul 2016)
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He began cycling after seeing an advert for the Maindy Flyers Cycling Club. "I joined a kids club and immediately loved it." (teamsky.com, 15 Jun 2016; cyclingnews.com, 05 Jul 2007)
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Winning the 2018 Tour de France. (walesonline.co.uk, 28 Jul 2018)
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German road cyclist Jan Ullrich, British road cyclists Nicole Cooke and Bradley Wiggins. (teamsky.com, 15 Jun 2016; peoplescollection.wales, 08 Jul 2014)
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"You've got to be able to hurt yourself. The mental side is the biggest thing, especially with cycling, because involves a lot of hours and a lot of time on your own. It definitely helps if you enjoy it too, because I enjoy just riding my bike for fun." (sustainhealth.fit, 13 Aug 2020)
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He was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [OBE] in the 2019 New Year Honours List. He had been appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in 2009. (bbc.co.uk, 28 Dec 2018; geraintthomas.com, 03 Jul 2016)

In 2018 the Wales National Velodrome in Newport was officially renamed the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales. (bbc.co.uk, 03 Dec 2018)

He was named the 2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. (bbc.co.uk, 17 Dec 2018)

He was named BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 2014 and 2018. (bbc.co.uk, 17 Dec 2018, 08 Dec 2014)

He won the 2011 British Olympic Association [BOA] Olympic Athlete of the Year award for cycling. (velonation.com, 22 Dec 2011)

In 2004 he won the Carwyn James Junior Award at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year event. (geraintthomas.com, 03 Jul 2016)

General Interest

Type of rider
All-rounder, Time-trialist, Cobbles specialist (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jul 2016)

General
FUNDRAISING EFFORT
In April 2020 he raised over 350,000 GBP for the National Health Service [NHS] in Great Britain. He spent more than 36 hours over three days riding his bike in his garage in Cardiff, Wales, while the country was in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "No exaggeration, the last two hours were the hardest I have ever had on the bike. I am going to have a week off to recover from this. It was 36 hours in the saddle over three days which would normally be a big training week for me. The longest ride I have done on the road is eight hours and 20 minutes in a group and that was with a coffee stop. On a turbo the longest was three hours and there is a lot of difference from that and riding outside where you have the scenery and downhill. Here I am just in my garage." (bbc.co.uk, 18 Apr 2020)

AUTHOR
In 2018 he released a book called 'The Tour According to G', where he described his journey to winning the 2018 Tour de France. (bbc.co.uk, 06 Nov 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
DNF:
Did not finish
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