Welshman ends 19-season racing career in Cardiff
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Under sombre skies, Geraint Thomas raced into Cardiff to a hometown hero’s welcome after a 19-season racing career came to an end at the final stage of the 2025 Tour of Britain.
A groundbreaking career founded in south Wales ended in south Wales, with the 39-year-old Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner buoyed by a sea of emotion from fans, well-wishers and old friends.
Thomas, known universally as “G”, was given a guard of honour by his professional peers on approach to the start line in front of Newport’s Geraint Thomas National Velodrome. By the end of the afternoon, as he rode to his last finish line in central Cardiff, he admitted he was “choking up”.
