Geraint Thomas Quotes

Geraint Thomas

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 25, 1986

Just dream big. Go for it. There's nothing holding you back. You can have ups and downs, but if you believe in something, keep the faith; keep fighting. And don't let people put you down.

Geraint Thomas

The last thing I want to do, even in the off-season, is traipse around shops looking for clothes: it's not my thing.

Geraint Thomas

Life's not fair, I guess.

Geraint Thomas

I've won the Tour. But no, I don't feel I'm a celebrity.

Geraint Thomas

When you're eating salad and quinoa while training, all you want is a burger. In the cycling season, when I'm doing 30-odd hours of exercise a week, I'm dreaming of burgers and curries that I'll have at the end of the season.

Geraint Thomas

I was fortunate to be born when I was. There's been a massive rise in British cycling since I joined the junior programme when I was 17. It all started in 2004 when Chris Hoy won gold for the 1 km. time trial in Athens; when one person starts doing well, they take everyone with them.

Geraint Thomas

In a stage race, you can have bad luck or make a mistake, and it's not the end of the race. You have more opportunities.

Geraint Thomas

Everyone in the world of cycling knows how much it is a team sport as well as individual. It's just amazing to be a part of.

Geraint Thomas

I've put on a helmet more times than I've buckled a seatbelt.

Geraint Thomas

I used to run home from school to watch Paris-Nice, so to win it is just crazy.

Geraint Thomas

I regret not paying a bit more attention to Welsh lessons at school. My Welsh is pretty ropey, as back at my school, people didn't take Welsh lessons seriously. My dad can speak it, so I wish he'd taught me some growing up.

Geraint Thomas

I miss the BBC when I'm away. I'm away so much that it's a pleasure just walking back through the door and sitting on the sofa to watch some rubbish TV.

Geraint Thomas

You get into such a routine of trying so hard each day and racing between 180 and 220 km., and as soon as you stop, it's weird, but you start to seize up. So it's easier if you keep the body ticking over. You just feel better for it come race day.

Geraint Thomas

I get moody when I'm tired or hungry. My missus says I get moody... but not with other people. But I can get grumpy.

Geraint Thomas

I want to do marathons; I want to do an Ironman.

Geraint Thomas

Brits love an underdog, don't they?

Geraint Thomas

It's hard to put into words, really, how proud I am and great it is to represent Wales because, in cycling, it's a little-known country, so it's nice to put it on the map.

Geraint Thomas

I have come to see what the Tour is about, and it has been harder than I imagined. You don't realise what it is like until you actually compete.

Geraint Thomas

I rode for Maindy Flyers, a local kids' club from Cardiff. We started travelling across the country doing races, but Manchester was the first stage race I did.

Geraint Thomas

I just love riding my bike - no more so than at home in Cardiff and in South Wales on the roads where I started out, riding with my mates who I grew up with.

Geraint Thomas