As the 2018 Tour de France enters its final stage, the cyclist’s friends and teammates recall a ‘pretty straightforward guy’
Almost everyone who has played a formative role in the life of Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas describes him as a quiet, modest man with a mischievous sense of humour. But this weekend he stands on the brink of the kind of sporting immortality that only a few extremely talented athletes reach.
Thomas heads into Saturday’s final competitive stage of the Tour de France, the world’s hardest and most prestigious bicycle race, in the leader’s yellow jersey. If he holds off competition from the Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin in the hilly time trial in the Basque country, he will be able to enjoy a celebratory glass of champagne on the ceremonial ride to the finish line in Paris.
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