“Dream Come True” for Welsh Cyclist
Wales’s Geraint Thomas is celebrating a “dream come true” with his ride in next month’s Tour de France confirmed. It will be the first time in 40 years a Welshman has ridden in the world’s greatest cycling race, which this year begins in London on 7 July.
Thomas, speaking from his Italian base, said: “I was only 21 last month and the average age of people in the tour is 26 or 27. If I get the chance, I will take it with both hands. I am not just going to sit back and take it easy.
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“It will be unrealistic to go out and feel I can finish. It is 20 days racing and I have only done 10 back to back before.
Welsh Cycling Union president Bill Owen paid tribute to Thomas’s achievement, saying: “I take my hat off to him.
“This is the culmination of an awful lot of hard work that we have put into the sport here over recent years.
“Geraint started in the grassroots at the bottom and now he is there at the top. For us, this is one of the best achievements by a Welsh rider since Colin Lewis rode in the Tour for Raleigh back in the 1960s.
Just goes to show what can be achieved with hard work, dedication and commitment. Congrats Geraint!
Source: BBC SPORT
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