Seven years after his greatest triumph, Geraint Thomas will start at the Tour de France one last time in the summer. After the season, the cycling professional ends.
This was announced by the 38-year-old Welsh on Monday (February 17, 2025) on social media. “I thought it was time to do it official. Yes, this will be my last year in the peloton”wrote Thomas. His contract at Ineos Grenadiers expires after the season, and during his last extension, Thomas had already indicated to want to withdraw at the end of 2025.
Thomas celebrates the tour of the tour as a helper
“It was not a bad run, right? I wouldn’t even have imagined being a professional for 19 years. I will still have a lot of time to think about, but before that I have to prepare for a few big races”the tour winner continued in 2018.
For his team ineos-Grenadier, he wants to have one at this year’s big loop “Supporting role” play and “Maybe try to win a stage”he said the BBC. But above all he wanted “Just enjoy the race”.
Career full of great success
Thomas celebrated his first successes on the train, in 2008 and 2012 he won Olympic gold in team tracking. In addition to the Tour de France, he won the Tour de Suisse, the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Tour de Romandie and Paris-Nizza, among other things. Thomas was second at the Giro d’Italia in 2023 and third in the past year. On the tour he reached second place as a defending champion in 2019, and in 2022 he finished third.