Words matter. These are the best Geraint Thomas Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I used to run home from school to watch Paris-Nice, so to win it is just crazy.
I miss the BBC when I’m away. I’m away so much that it’s a pleasure just walking back through the door and sitting on the sofa to watch some rubbish TV.
In a stage race, you can have bad luck or make a mistake, and it’s not the end of the race. You have more opportunities.
I have come to see what the Tour is about, and it has been harder than I imagined. You don’t realise what it is like until you actually compete.
I’ve put on a helmet more times than I’ve buckled a seatbelt.
Brits love an underdog, don’t they?
Everyone in the world of cycling knows how much it is a team sport as well as individual. It’s just amazing to be a part of.
I was fortunate to be born when I was. There’s been a massive rise in British cycling since I joined the junior programme when I was 17. It all started in 2004 when Chris Hoy won gold for the 1 km. time trial in Athens; when one person starts doing well, they take everyone with them.
Winning that team-pursuit Olympic gold medal was unbelievable.
You get into such a routine of trying so hard each day and racing between 180 and 220 km., and as soon as you stop, it’s weird, but you start to seize up. So it’s easier if you keep the body ticking over. You just feel better for it come race day.
Of course you want a better culture of cycling in the U.K. Better roads. More respect.
I regret not paying a bit more attention to Welsh lessons at school. My Welsh is pretty ropey, as back at my school, people didn’t take Welsh lessons seriously. My dad can speak it, so I wish he’d taught me some growing up.
I just love riding my bike – no more so than at home in Cardiff and in South Wales on the roads where I started out, riding with my mates who I grew up with.
The last thing I want to do, even in the off-season, is traipse around shops looking for clothes: it’s not my thing.
I get moody when I’m tired or hungry. My missus says I get moody… but not with other people. But I can get grumpy.
I had a normal, nice upbringing in Cardiff.
I am not really superstitious – I get ready in the same order pretty much every day. I’m afraid I’m a bit boring like that.
Life’s not fair, I guess.
It’s hard to put into words, really, how proud I am and great it is to represent Wales because, in cycling, it’s a little-known country, so it’s nice to put it on the map.
