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Geraint wins Tour de France

Sunday, 29 July, 2018, will go down as one of the greatest days in the history of Welsh sport. It is the day that Geraint Thomas was crowned the winner of the Tour de France after winning two stages and staying in the yellow jersey for 10 days. His victory in Paris went alongside two

Geraint Thomas – Tour de France winner and Welsh sporting icon

Rob Cole

Geraint Thomas’ epic victory in the Tour de France will go down as one of the greatest sporting achievements by a Welsh sportsman or woman. He followed in the footsteps of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome as British winners of the world’s greatest bike race and his success received universal approval in the world

Wales Women ready to make football history at Rodney Parade

Rob Cole

The Wales Women’s football team will get the chance to make history at Newport’s famous Rodney Parade ground tonight (Friday, 31 August) when they attempt to beat arch-rivals England to qualify for next year’s World Cup in France. England are ranked at No 4 in the world, and reached the semi-finals of the 2015 World

Geraint’s glorious Tour triumph mirrors Cooke’s classic wins

Rob Cole

Geraint Thomas will get the homecoming he deserves in Cardiff today following his epic win in the Tour de France, but he isn’t actually the first Welsh cyclist to taste victory in a Grand Tour. Due credit should be given to the Olympic and World road race champion Nicole Cooke for being the first British

Happy Birthday Geraint!

Double Olympic gold medalist Geraint Thomas was born in Cardiff on 25 May, 1986. He struck gold for Team GB at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics in the team pursuit. He was also a gold medalists for Team Wales in the road race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2017, he became the first Welshman,