Geraint Thomas: Last year in the Peloton - a farewell to the race tracks!

Geraint Thomas: Last year in the Peloton - a farewell to the race tracks!

Villawood, Australien - Cycling racing is faced with an emotional farewell: Geraint Thomas, the famous winner of the 2018 Tour de France, officially announced that 2025 will be in the peloton last year. In a touching Instagram post, the 38-year-old Welsh confirmed that after 19 years he retired as a professional. "It will be my last year in the peloton. It was not a bad run, right, I would never have imagined that I would have imagined to be a professional for 19 years," wrote Thomas. His final race will be the Tour of Britain in September, and before he ends his career, he is planning to participate in the legendary Tour de France again - that would be his 14th participation in this prestigious race, such as krone.at reports.

Geraint Thomas can look back on an impressive performance: In addition to his great success at the Tour de France, he also has podium places at Giro d’Italia and shone as a valuable helper of the four-time tour winner Chris Froome. His awards extend beyond the street races, because he also secured two Olympic gold medals in team tracking in the 2008 and 2012 games for Great Britain. In the coming months, Thomas will actively shape his farewell in September with a number of significant competitions, including Volta Ao Algarve and the Tirreno-Adritico, last year before finally celebrating its farewell. According to cyclingnews.com already started his first season in Australia and will be intensively prepared.

The farewell of Thomas not only marks the end of an era for him personally, but also for British cycling, which has to be prepared for one of his most successful drivers. While he is preparing for the last challenges, he remains a role model and inspiration to the fans and his colleagues.