Geraint Thomas to end career with Tour of Britain finish in Cardiff

Geraint Thomas will ride the final race of his 19-year professional career when the six-stage Tour of Britain runs from Tuesday, September 2, to Sunday, September 7, finishing with a tribute stage into his hometown of Cardiff. The 2018 Tour de France winner will begin his farewell day outside the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome in Newport and end on the streets of Cardiff after racing across England and Wales in a race that organisers have shaped in part as a celebration of his career.

Thomas, 39, announced in February that he would retire at the end of the 2025 season and has described the closing day as likely to be emotional. If I did not live so close to Maindy or if I did not live in Cardiff, I may never have ridden a bike, never have had the career I had, he told BBC Radio Wales. He has also designed a special red commemorative jersey, which he said on social media is the most meaningful he has ever worn and features a Welsh dragon, a sketch by his son and motifs recalling Alpe dHuez and the dates of his first and final races.

The Tour of Britain covers about 886 kilometres over six stages, beginning in Woodbridge and Southwold in Suffolk and moving west through central...