"I was the total opposite to both of them, just a normal bloke from Cardiff who you would go down the pub with and have a pint who then ended up winning the Tour. That's the bit people might find weird when they don't really know me. They don't see the hard work you do from November to the race in July. They just see the finished product and assume that it's easy, especially when you've had a long career."
"Yes, yes, Thomas says in a soft echo when I ask if that suffering defines professional cycling. He recalls riding most of the 2013 Tour de France with a fractured pelvis. He finished second last out of 141 riders but still played a part in helping Chris Froome win the race. That matched his final position in 2007 when he"
Geraint Thomas is a 39-year-old Welsh former professional cyclist and 2018 Tour de France winner. He projects a laidback, pub-friendly public persona while maintaining rigorous discipline, commitment and determination during training and racing. He avoided public boasting, contrasting with contemporaries Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins, and concealed his competitive ambitions. He emphasized months of hard work from November through to the July races. His career combined extraordinary highs and harrowing lows, including riding most of the 2013 Tour de France with a fractured pelvis, finishing near the back while still supporting Chris Froome's overall victory.
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