Geraint Thomas
Geraint Thomas, MBE (born 25 May 1986 Cardiff, Wales ) is a British track and road racing cyclist from Wales.
Sporting career
2005 Geraint Thomas with Steve Cummings, Mark Cavendish and Ed Clancy British champion in the team pursuit on the track. On the recommendation of Heiko Salzwedel Geraint was recorded program in 2005 in the T- Mobile Development and received the chance to start as Stagiere the team Wiesenhof.
In the web - Cycling World Championships 2006 in Bordeaux was Thomas Vice World Champion in the Team Pursuit with Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles and Paul Manning. In March, the Welsh won the points race of the Commonwealth Games bronze medal. Shortly after he won the Flèche du Sud stage race in Luxembourg. In the 2007 season, Thomas went for the British Professional Continental team Barloworld. With that team in the same year he took part in the Tour de France and was then 21 years with the youngest participant.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, the British quartet with Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins, Paul Manning and Ed Clancy won gold in the team pursuit ahead of Denmark and New Zealand. 2011 Thomas was European Champion in the Team Pursuit ( with Clancy, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh ). In the UCI Track World Championships 2012 in Melbourne, he was with the British team world champion in the team pursuit. In addition, he was able to repeat in 2012 at the Olympic Games in London the Olympic title in the team pursuit with Steven Burke, Ed Clancy and Peter Kennaugh.
Honors
Geraint Thoma was honored with induction into the Hall of Fame of the European Cycling Union Union Européenne de Cyclisme.
Achievements - train
- World Champion - Team Pursuit ( with Ed Clancy, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins )
- IOC Olympic Champion - Team Pursuit ( with Ed Clancy, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins )
- World Champion - Team Pursuit ( with Ed Clancy, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins )
- European Champion - Team Pursuit ( with Steven Burke, Ed Clancy and Peter Kennaugh )
- World Champion - Team Pursuit ( with Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh and Andrew Tennant )
- IOC Olympic Champion - Team Pursuit ( with Steven Burke, Ed Clancy and Peter Kennaugh )
Achievements - road
- Flèche du Sud
- A stage in the Tour of Qatar ( team time trial )
- United Kingdom British Champion - Road Race
- Appreciation Tour of Bavaria
- A stage of the Tour de Romandie ( ECF )
- A stage of Tour Down Under
Placement in the Grand Tours
Team
- 2007 Barloworld
- 2008 Barloworld
- 2009 Barloworld
- 2010 Sky
- 2011 Sky
- 2012 Sky
- 2013 Sky