We met up with the Welsh Tour de France 2018 winner to get an insight into the life of a cyclist
You’d think that riding for your life over three weeks, 21 stages and 85-and-a-half-hours on the road, only to be pipped by 14 seconds at the last, would be pretty gutting. And, to be fair, the recent Giro d’Italia result does still sting Geraint Thomas a touch.
Still, he’s been racing too long to take it too deeply. “Obviously I would've loved to have finished it off, but that's what makes cycling and sport all the more enjoyable, isn't it? He’s not riding the Tour this year, but he’ll be back for the Vuelta e Espana in late August. Today we’re chatting about Breitling, for whom he’s an ambassador. He likes a and how Breitling “understand the power of individual brilliance coming together collectively to create something beautiful”.
Does his sport draw particular character types to it? He pauses. “I think,” he says, “you’ve gotta be a bit tapped in the head to be a cyclist.”Yeah, every race is different. Obviously the Tour is the biggest race in the world and everyone's stressed about it – it's like a world championship every day. The media, the fans, everything is tenfold. Whereas in the Giro and the Vuelta it’s definitely a lot more chilled around the race.
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