Teams & Riders Geraint Thomas

[Berflamand]

It's too bad he will probably not perform well on Friday. On his pre-race podcast he said that Thursday was his birthday and Friday looked hard to do with a hangover.

It would be pretty badass if he would ride on friday with a hangover.

But then again, he's from the older generation, Tom Boonen once won a Scheldeprijs hungover.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

If G wins the Giro, does he ride the Vuelta to become the 8th winner of all three GTs? And if he joins that club, where does that place him in the 21st century hierarchy? Questions I didn’t think I’d be asking.

 

[tobydawq]

If G wins the Giro, does he ride the Vuelta to become the 8th winner of all three GTs? And if he joins that club, where does that place him in the 21st century hierarchy? Questions I didn’t think I’d be asking.

I think the answer is no to whether he will ride the Vuelta.

 

[Wyndbrook]

I think the answer is no to whether he will ride the Vuelta.

I agree, the only yes is likely tobe his riding on next year with Ineos.

 

[RedheadDane]

If G wins the Giro, does he ride the Vuelta to become the 8th winner of all three GTs?

Don't be so short-term in your thinking. His goal should obviously be to beat Horner's record!

 

[memyselfandI]

G!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bolder]

Funny how a 37 year old guy about to win another GT, GT doesn't get any action on his thread. Yeah, he's a boring rider, but wow. Super impressive.

 

[Eeslliw]

Funny how a 37 year old guy about to win another GT, GT doesn't get any action on his thread. Yeah, he's a boring rider, but wow. Super impressive.

He is so old his fans are already dead .

 

[KZD]

Whether he wins this Giro or loses it, Thomas is riding at a level that I no longer thought possible which is remarkable at his age.

Unlike it happens with Roglič, that has many fans that are quick to point out that he crashed out of two Tours and one Vuelta, people often forget that Thomas crashed out of the Giro in 2017 and 2020, when he was SKY/Ineos leader. So, if he wins the race tomorrow, it will be a deserved one.

 

[gregrowlerson]

He is so old his fans are already dead .

Not far off, but he never had any forum fans. You could scroll back through this thread and be lucky to find a few comments about a podium result in an entire week stage race or something, whereas you'll get a few pages of comments for Roglic after finishing in the bunch of ONE stage of a one week stage race.

Froome creates more conversation, even today. A little baffling.

 

[ZamlinusYoutubeious]

If he wins this Giro, is it given that he is the 2nd greatest road cyclist from the uk? Some would say not second but the greatest because of froome's inhaler use.

 

[ZamlinusYoutubeious]

Funny how a 37 year old guy about to win another GT, GT doesn't get any action on his thread. Yeah, he's a boring rider, but wow. Super impressive.

I was more impressed with him at last years TDF.. Him hanging with the two leaders was incredible

 

[Lequack]

Is he the new Remco?

 

[Rob5091]

I think G's performance can be put into perspective by the success of Pro-team Israel PT and his lack of winning a stage (Carapaz nearly did the same thing last year). Thinking about it, it was a good tactical move to let the break go and soft pedal for nearly the entire Giro. Ol' Man G could follow the wheels and save his energy for that 500m race at the end (apart from stage 8 when he followed Hart & Roglic).

 

[Jan the Man]

If he wins this Giro, is it given that he is the 2nd greatest road cyclist from the uk? Some would say not second but the greatest because of froome's inhaler use.

It depends where and how you rate Cav I guess. Arguably the greatest sprinter ever (i know there are a couple more in that conversation), second most wins, also won a monument and the Worlds. However if you rate Grand Tours overall performance as the primary metric then even a podium at the Giro puts G him firmly in second as the best British road cyclist.

Personally i would have Cav up there in the conversation but that’s just me.

 

[SafeBet]

Let's go back to 2013 and tell people that in 10 years time Thomas will be a better GT rider than Nairo Quintana.

 

[Gigs_98]

It's funny how these kind of things go. All of a sudden one really has to ask why he didn't attack Roglic in the 2nd week. Who knows, Ineos might have thrown this Giro away by not applying any sort of pressure in Crans Montana.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Let's go back to 2013 and tell people that in 10 years time Thomas will be a better GT rider than Nairo Quintana.

He still isn't, and still wouldn't be had he won.

 

[movingtarget]

Thomas has clearly been a better GT rider than Quintana in recent years even though Quintana has the better grand tour record. After Quintana's last Giro podium, he went backwards steadily. In 2013- 2015 he was Froome's main rival and most people thought Quintana could win a Tour at that point. Thomas' latter years have been much better than Quintana and Froome but then Froome had his disastrous accident...........

 

[HelloDolly]

I hate that he is so under rated . I mean who at 37 can compete at this level ..He is one of the most versatile and best riders of his generation. He rode as a very loyal gregario for Froome for so many years without testing his own ability . Who knows how much more he might have won

And all the fan boys of betencur or remco or quintana or WVA, etc on here can do one

 

[Bolder]

He still isn't, and still wouldn't be had he won.

Disagree. Winning a Tour is monstrous.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats GT!

 

[tobydawq]

He still isn't, and still wouldn't be had he won.

??

 

[Izzyeviel]

Don't be so short-term in your thinking. His goal should obviously be to beat Horner's record!

I hope not. I can't take 6 more years of this.

 

[jmdirt]

It's funny how these kind of things go. All of a sudden one really has to ask why he didn't attack Roglic in the 2nd week. Who knows, Ineos might have thrown this Giro away by not applying any sort of pressure in Crans Montana.

Why are some assuming that he had more to give in the second week?