Double Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas will retire from cycling this year.The 38-year-old announced on Monday morning he would be bringing the curtain down on a successful 19-year professional career, with British Cycling saying September's Tour of Britain would be his final race.Thomas claimed Olympic team pursuit gold on the track at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 before going on to win the Tour de France in 2018, becoming the third Briton and only Welshman to win

Double Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas will retire from cycling this year.The 38-year-old announced on Monday morning he would be bringing the curtain down on a successful 19-year professional career, with British Cycling saying September's Tour of Britain would be his final race.Thomas claimed Olympic team pursuit gold on the track at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 before going on to win the Tour de France in 2018, becoming the third Briton and only Welshman to win road cycling's biggest race.