Cycling Weekly  |  2nd August 2018
SPECIAL ISSUE: THOMAS TAKES THE TOUR
Did you get a little emotional when Geraint Thomas broke down in tears when interviewed on TV after last Saturday’s time trial? The realisation that he’d won the Tour was too much and after first being lost for words, he dropped his head and cried. The interviewer didn’t know what to do, simply saying; “you’ve won the Tour de France”, before stepping back and leaving him to it. At that moment a bit of dust must have got in my eye. It’s rare to see such honest emotion from a sportsperson, and Geraint is about as honest as they come. It’s one of the reasons he’s popular with his team-mates, within the peloton, with the fans and the media. Because of that, and because this magazine has been reporting on him since he was a junior, his win was very special.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Cycling Weekly 2nd August 2018.