Geriant Thomas Welsh OBE Cyclist 2018 Tour De France 12x8 Hand Signed Photo

SMATZCYE  This is a rare and specialist opportunity to secure this giant 12" x 8" hand signed photo for Welsh cyclist and OBE Geriant Thomas passing riders Tom Doumolin and Romain Bardot to win Stage 12 on 19th July 2018 of the Tour De France . He has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait in mint condition & undedicated too. Reverse has full details of the time and location of the signing.  Please see all my other professional world cyclists signed photos & race memorabilia at my store.

"... Geraint Howell Thomas OBE is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist who rode for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers,Wales and Great Britain. He is one of the few riders in the modern era to achieve significant elite success as both a track and road rider, with notable victories in the velodrome, in one-day racing and in stage racing. On the track, he won three World Championships (2007, 2008, and 2012), and two Olympic gold medals (2008 and 2012), while on the road he won the 2018 Tour de France becoming the first Welshman and third British rider to win it.

He won three World Championships and was Olympic gold medallist twice, in 2008 and 2012. Thomas had an early win on the road at the 2004 ParisRoubaix Juniors and later had a senior victory at the 2010 British National Road Race Championships. Leaving track cycling to focus solely on the road, he subsequently found success in both one-day/classic races such as the 2014 Commonwealth Games road race and the 2015 E3 Harelbeke, and in one week stage races, most notably at the 2016 ParisNice, the 2017 Tour of the Alps, the 2018 CritÔøΩrium du DauphinÔøΩ, the 2021 Tour de Romandie and the 2022 Tour de Suisse.

Thomas became the first Welshman to win the Tour de France when he won the race in 2018. He gained the yellow jersey by winning stage 11, extended his lead by winning stage 12, and retained the lead for the remainder of the race. In the same year he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. In 2019, he confirmed his Grand Tour pedigree when he reached the podium again, having finished runner-up in the Tour de France behind Team Ineos teammate Egan Bernal. In 2022, Thomas became the first Welshman to win the Tour de Suisse and later that year recorded another podium finish at the Tour de France, placing third. A fourth grand tour podium, and a first outside of the Tour de France, was won in 2023 as Thomas took second place in the Giro d'Italia, losing the race lead to PrimoÔøΩ Rogli? on the penultimate day. A fifth grand tour podium was secured in the following Giro, less than half a minute behind runner-up Danny Martinez...."