"It would be nice to go back there after this year" - Geraint Thomas hints Giro-Tour double could be on the cards for him in 2024
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Geraint Thomas came within just 14 seconds of becoming the oldest Giro d'Italia winner of all time earlier this year. Holding the Maglia Rosa until the penultimate stage, the race has left the Welshman with a sense of unfinished business despite initial plans to ride the Tour de France in 2024.
"The Giro is classic Giro really," says the 37-year-old, INEOS Grenadiers leader, analysing the reveal of the profiles and route of the opening Grand Tour of 2024 on his show, the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club podcast. "It would be nice to go back there after this year, but then at the same time, the Tour de France is quite appealing."
The Tour de France has long been the Grand Tour most synonymous with the career of Geraint Thomas. The Welshman was first a super-domestique helping Chris Froome to repeated Maillot Jaune victories before winning the race himself in 2018. After missing the Tour through choice for the first time since 2012 this year, it is expected Thomas will return in 2024.
"It finishes in Nice, the last stage is a time trial from Monaco to Nice. It’s a bloody hard TT though," Thomas says. "Those last few days of the Tour, I think stage 19 we finish up some hard climb, the Saturday is hard and then the final day is a mountain TT more or less. The sprinters will just have to suffer around for three days!"
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- exactly, he had an amazing season, but with these overstatements they don‘t do him good.Ketterechts08-11-2026
- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
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