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Encyclopedia > Geraint Thomas
Geraint Thomas

Geraint on stage at the 2007 Tour de France Presentation.
Photo by Elyob of Flickr
Personal information
Full name Geraint Thomas
Nickname Gez, G
Date of birth May 25, 1986 (1986-05-25) (age 21)
Country  Wales
 United Kingdom
Team information
Current team Barloworld
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type Pursuitist
Amateur team(s)
Maindy Flyers/CC Cardiff
Cardiff JIF
Professional team(s)
2006
2007–
Recycling.co.uk
Barloworld
Infobox last updated on:
July 4, 2007

Geraint Thomas (born 25 May 1986 in Cardiff, Wales), is a British professional cyclist who rides for the UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. In 2006 he rode most of his races for Recycling.co.uk, but towards the end of 2006 joined Saunier Duval-Prodir as a stagiare. He also rode a few races, such as the Tour of Britain, for the Great Britain side. He was the youngest rider in the 2007 Tour de France as Team Barloworld picked up one of the three wildcard spots allocated for the race. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... This article is about the country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Listed below are the UCI Professional Continental and Continental Teams that compete in road bicycle racing events of the UCI Continental Circuits organised by the International Cycling Union (UCI). ... Barloworld (UCI Team Code: BAR) is a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in the United Kingdom and participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. ... recycling. ... Saunier Duval-Prodir rider David Millar preparing for stage 11 of the 2006 Tour de France Saunier Duval-Prodir Team (UCI Team Code: SDV) is a Spanish road bicycle racing team, located in Cantabria, which is part of the UCI ProTour. ... The Tour of Britain is the name given to a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain. ... Stages in 2007 The 2007 Tour de France is the 94th Tour de France, taking place from July 7 to July 29, 2007. ...

Contents

Results

Medal record
Competitor for  Wales
Track cycling
Commonwealth Games
Bronze 2006 Melbourne Point's race

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Track

2004
1st, Bremen UIV Talent Cup Madison (with Mark Cavendish)
1st, Scratch Race, Junior World Championships, Los Angeles
2nd, Scratch Race, UCI Moscow World Cup
2nd, Points Race, Junior European Championships
2005
1st, 20km Scratch Race, British Cycling Track Championships
2006
1st, Team Pursuit, UCI Moscow World Cup, (with Paul Manning, Chris Newton and Ed Clancy)
1st, U23 Team Pursuit, European Track Championships, with (Ed Clancy, Ian Stannard, and Andy Tennant)
2nd, World Championships Team Pursuit, (with Stephen Cummings, Rob Hayles and Paul Manning)
2nd, Team Pursuit, British Cycling Track Championships, with (Ross Sander, Ian Stennard and Ben Swift)
2nd, U23 Scratch Race, European Track Championships
3rd, Points Race, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
3rd, Team Pursuit, UCI Sydney World Cup, (with Ed Clancy, Ian Stannard, and Andy Tennant)
3rd, Madison, UCI Sydney World Cup, (with Mark Cavendish)
2007
1st Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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Road

2004
1st, Paris-Roubaix Junior Race
2005

Thomas crashed a few days before his senior road race debut in Sydney and had to have surgery to remove his spleen. He therefore could not compete much in 2005. Begun in 1896, Paris-Roubaix, third of the ten UCI World Cup races, has become the most famous single-day bicycle road race. ... The spleen is an organ located in the abdomen, where it functions in the destruction of old red blood cells and holding a reservoir of blood. ...

2006
1st, Overall Classification, Fleche du Sud
1st, Points Classification, Fleche du Sud
1st, Under-21 Classification, Fleche du Sud
1st, Stage 2, Fleche du Sud
2nd, Stage 3B, Fleche du Sud
3rd, British Road Race Championships
3rd, Overall Mountains Classification, Giro d'Italia (Baby Giro)
2007
140th, 3h 46'51", General Classification, Tour de France

The British National Cycling Championships 2006 took place on the 24th and 25th June in the Yorkshire town, Beverley. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... Commercial version of maillot jaune, 2004 The Yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune pronounced ) is the jersey worn by the leader of many multi-stage bicycle races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. ... Stages in 2007 The 2007 Tour de France is the 94th Tour de France, taking place from July 7 to July 29, 2007. ...

References

Geraint Thomas Profile on britishcycling.org.uk

Riders on Barloworld

Pedro Arreitunandia | John-Lee Augustyn | Giosuè Bonomi | Diego Caccia | Félix Cárdenas | Giampaolo Cheula | Enrico Degano | Alexander Efimkin | Fabrizio Guidi | Robert Hunter | Paolo Longo Borghini | James Lewis Perry | Hugo Sabido | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Mauricio Soler | Geraint Thomas Barloworld (UCI Team Code: BAR) is a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in the United Kingdom and participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. ... Félix Rafael Cárdenas Ravalo (born November 24, 1973 in Belén, Boyacá) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ... Giampaolo Cheula (born May 23, 1973 in Premosello-Chiovenda) is a Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ... Enrico Degano (born March 11, 1976 in Gorizia) is a Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ... Alexander Efimkin (Russian: Александр Александрович Ефимкин, born December 2, 1981 in Samara) is a Russian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ... Fabrizio Guidi (13 April 1972) is an Italian road bicycle racer. ... Robert Hunter (born 22 April 1977) is a South African professional road cyclist. ... Paolo Longo Borghini (born December 10, 1980 in Asiago) is a Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ... James Lewis Perry is a South African road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Barloworld. ... Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarusian: Канстанцін Сіўцоў; born August 9, 1982 in Gomel) is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ... Juan Mauricio Soler Rodríguez (born January 14, 1983 in Ramiriqui) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ...

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Claudio Corti


 
 

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