This man has almost single handely pulled me out of a deep hole these last few months. Listening to Watts Occuring and watching him at the Giro has been inspirational. G you have no idea how much of an impact your relatablility has on us hobbyist riders watching you. You are a true legend and a credit to Wales (and dare I say it Britain).
That pull that Gerraint did for Mark Cavendish in the finale of todays stage 'for a brother' was the mark of pure class. Big respect for G and his awesome performance in this year's Giro!
He actually almost always mess up, he’s fallen out of more grand tours than any other, but later years he’s become more consistent:) He’s a gentleman though.
@@TheSteinbitt that’s just kind of super incorrect by my recollection G has raced on average atleast 1 grand tour every year since 2007 that’s roughly 16 GT’s and he’s only failed to complete 3 of them one due to illness and one due to a completely unfortunate accident that was fairly unavoidable and not his fault Roblox has raced 11 GT’s and crashed out of 2 that’s a significantly worse ratio than Thomas Almeida has done 5 and withdrew from 1 that’s also slightly worse than G so to say G crashes out of more tours than anyone else is stupidly false and a real libelous statement about one of the hardest men in cycling
@@balmorrablue3130 Not saying he doesn’t finish them, but he’s almost always had an incident or a bad day that ruins his overall GC ambitions. He lacked consistency for many years, almost always had a crash or bad day in sky.
@@TheSteinbitt I disagree entirely 2018 2019 2022 2023 all feature grand tour podiums that’s very very consistent if you want to see what actual inconsistent cycling looks like you should look at Pinot Or Simon Yates who have crashed punctured or fallen sick and had their GC’s ruined over and over again G had a a bad string of crashes in 20/21 and a bad 2017 other than that he’s been one of the more consistent Pure GC riders in the world I think yoy simply fail to realize how one dimensional he is G is pretty big and struggles on truly steep climbs and he has virtually no sprint he struggles in races that feature extremely steep climbs or have no TT Km’s he’s simply not well rounded enough to compete at every stage race he goes too
A superstar of sport and as humble as the man on the street. Wishing you more grand tour successes over the next few years. Massive respect from Ireland.
Leading out a friend on another team, leading the Giro and losing it on the last day at 37, so many things to be proud of… But as a dad, I think the think I’m most happy about is that he actually listens to his son and answers him during an interview. It would be so easy to ask him to be quiet while he’s talking. Proper Welshman. Got to love him.
You can cleraly see the disappointment on his face...must be hard to loose maglia rosa on the last day for just a few seconds,,,,but Man...this guy made an astonishing giro d italia ,, 37 years old and so generous in the fight ,! More than that i loved his attitude and how fair he had been with Roglic,! Today u have one more fan Geraint ! It not all about winning...this sport is a lot about what u leave in people's hearts ...italian fans love you now more than ever!
A legend and such inspiration to us all. Well deserved. He even helped Cavendish win today. Hope he has the energy and urge to tone more big Tour! Well done Thomas!
Last year Jonas waited for Tadaj, this year G-Thomas fist bumped Roglic, presumably for sportsmanship on the time trial start, then big pull for old team mate Cavendish. Just goes to show you don't have to be an A'hole at the world class. You can still play with integrity and honor and win with talent. What a truly awesome dude for, and I quote, "us old guys". Chapo big "G".
Wow. What a guy. This interview makes me tear up. If anyone deserved that win it was him. Listening to him speak is a pleasure, whether it's in an interview or on his pod. The way he takes the time to answer all of his kid's questions with so much patience in the middle of an interview has made my respect grow for him tenfold. Cycling won't be the same once he retires, I'll say that.
Big loving hug all riders that gave us such great emotions indeed, somebody get involved and never let riders retire at all...stay with us fans some more plizzzzzz, big loving hug Thomas & family
It's a gut blow to lose the tour this way, BUT, you should be super proud of you and your team and what you accomplished. It was awesome to watch you crush it!
Jens Voigt "shut up legs" once said, "Any rider over 35 years old should have Yellow Jersey." Chris Horner won the Vuelta at 42 years old, so I am sure G will do fantastic in any grand tour he chooses to ride.
Let's get real. To lose the Giro at 37 y/o by a mere handful of seconds is not a loss. Thomas will inspire more people to attempt the unthinkable than the actual winner Roglic will.
If he rides the Vuelta I'll be pulling hard for him. Loved the Herculean effort in the final TT by Primos as well, but GT is a hard guy not to cheer for.
disappointing but ultimately beaten by somebody who was slightly better - that's sport. G has a fantastic palmares and should be proud too of what he achieved at the giro
This man has almost single handely pulled me out of a deep hole these last few months. Listening to Watts Occuring and watching him at the Giro has been inspirational. G you have no idea how much of an impact your relatablility has on us hobbyist riders watching you. You are a true legend and a credit to Wales (and dare I say it Britain).
Couldn't have said it any better
Nailed it. Dwi’n caru Geraint.
100% spot on mate. 🏴❤️
sad trombones haha
Respect
Well done G, to lead Cav out at the end was amazing 👏
Baller AF 👍🏽🙏🏽
Great sportsman a gem for the sport!
That pull that Gerraint did for Mark Cavendish in the finale of todays stage 'for a brother' was the mark of pure class. Big respect for G and his awesome performance in this year's Giro!
THIS is what a class act, a classy guy, and a world class rider looks like. Eat your heart out Lance. Pure work got G here.
Watching Geraint put in a turn on the front for Cavendish on the run-in to the final kilometer is my new favorite moment in all of sports.
Never puts a foot wrong. Great rider, great person - funny, honest, and as hard as nails. Hope to see you doing your stuff into the future 👍
He actually almost always mess up, he’s fallen out of more grand tours than any other, but later years he’s become more consistent:) He’s a gentleman though.
@@TheSteinbitt that’s just kind of super incorrect by my recollection G has raced on average atleast 1 grand tour every year since 2007 that’s roughly 16 GT’s and he’s only failed to complete 3 of them one due to illness and one due to a completely unfortunate accident that was fairly unavoidable and not his fault
Roblox has raced 11 GT’s and crashed out of 2 that’s a significantly worse ratio than Thomas Almeida has done 5 and withdrew from 1 that’s also slightly worse than G so to say G crashes out of more tours than anyone else is stupidly false and a real libelous statement about one of the hardest men in cycling
@@balmorrablue3130 guy finished the 2013 Tour with a broken pelvis too!
@@balmorrablue3130 Not saying he doesn’t finish them, but he’s almost always had an incident or a bad day that ruins his overall GC ambitions. He lacked consistency for many years, almost always had a crash or bad day in sky.
@@TheSteinbitt I disagree entirely 2018 2019 2022 2023 all feature grand tour podiums that’s very very consistent if you want to see what actual inconsistent cycling looks like you should look at Pinot Or Simon Yates who have crashed punctured or fallen sick and had their GC’s ruined over and over again G had a a bad string of crashes in 20/21 and a bad 2017 other than that he’s been one of the more consistent Pure GC riders in the world I think yoy simply fail to realize how one dimensional he is G is pretty big and struggles on truly steep climbs and he has virtually no sprint he struggles in races that feature extremely steep climbs or have no TT Km’s he’s simply not well rounded enough to compete at every stage race he goes too
We love ya G. Pure class. As always. Legend.
Second place is no disgrace...Great ride from Geraint.
Gèrent est un très grand champion super classe ce gars ..... vraiment impressionnant... félicitations à lui pour son très grand esprit sportif.....❤👋👋
Looks like a really good father too.
A superstar of sport and as humble as the man on the street. Wishing you more grand tour successes over the next few years. Massive respect from Ireland.
What a class act.
Amazing human being. Humble and generous
What a gentleman! Hopefully he 'll be back next year. Go G!!
G is just an inspiring guy, that's exactly what sports is about.
Amazing 🤩 Seeing you work for Cav was incredible. Hope to see you at the Vuelta G 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💪🏽🚴🏿♂️
Never easy to fall back to second on penultimate stage. But wow, this guy deserves all the credit and respect possible.
He's a great fella, it's an absolute pleasure to be a cycling fan throughout his career
Leading out a friend on another team, leading the Giro and losing it on the last day at 37, so many things to be proud of…
But as a dad, I think the think I’m most happy about is that he actually listens to his son and answers him during an interview. It would be so easy to ask him to be quiet while he’s talking. Proper Welshman. Got to love him.
What a fantastic ambassador for the sport and our country #cymruambyth
You can cleraly see the disappointment on his face...must be hard to loose maglia rosa on the last day for just a few seconds,,,,but Man...this guy made an astonishing giro d italia ,, 37 years old and so generous in the fight ,! More than that i loved his attitude and how fair he had been with Roglic,! Today u have one more fan Geraint ! It not all about winning...this sport is a lot about what u leave in people's hearts ...italian fans love you now more than ever!
Geraint you always do wales and yourself proud you’ve been a class act for years good on you cymru am byth!
I love this guy. I also love roglic. I really enjoyed this Giro.
A credit to the sport and to Wales. Looking forward to seeing G in more GTs.
Such a class guy with a wicked Sense of humor ❣️
My favorite rider, he's always such a class act and a natural leader.
A legend and such inspiration to us all. Well deserved. He even helped Cavendish win today. Hope he has the energy and urge to tone more big Tour! Well done Thomas!
Team Ineos should be proud to have placed where they did after the losses they had,this group will come back stronger!
My eyes got teary watching this interview. What a guy!
What a class act G is !!
Last year Jonas waited for Tadaj, this year G-Thomas fist bumped Roglic, presumably for sportsmanship on the time trial start, then big pull for old team mate Cavendish. Just goes to show you don't have to be an A'hole at the world class. You can still play with integrity and honor and win with talent. What a truly awesome dude for, and I quote, "us old guys". Chapo big "G".
Wow. What a guy. This interview makes me tear up. If anyone deserved that win it was him. Listening to him speak is a pleasure, whether it's in an interview or on his pod. The way he takes the time to answer all of his kid's questions with so much patience in the middle of an interview has made my respect grow for him tenfold. Cycling won't be the same once he retires, I'll say that.
non solo come corridore ma come persona sei il top!
G all time favourite. Absolute legend. This is the best interview.
G for glory - nice man 🫡
Modern classic of a pro, everything that is great about racing and cycling.
GT is the best....overall great rider, wonderful human ❤💪🏻❤
A humble a genuine sportsman, rare these days. Great result G
A class act as always G.,helping Cav was special -Vuelta?
Don't you just love this guy.
You are a Legend Mate just a Legend
what a lovely bloke
Big loving hug all riders that gave us such great emotions indeed, somebody get involved and never let riders retire at all...stay with us fans some more plizzzzzz, big loving hug Thomas & family
G, terrific job, to me you look like a very kind guy. Wish you al the best.
Grande campione grande uomo, grazie per lo spettacolo che ci ha offerto grazie
Very NICE !!!.. Geraint his GENTLEMAN - 💥💫✋
Thank you for the entertainment G. You are still a complete breath of fresh air. Keep on keeping on…please.
Thanks for the past 3 weeks G. Absolute legend and backed by a great team.
He couldn’t drop you G. That’s the standard you are at, head to head you ain’t getting dropped by people 10-15 years younger than you 👍🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Hats off and would love to see you at the Vuelta, looks like it's in the works !
G great Tour Great Team made us proud ,Gutted for you to loose the Pink on the TT but proud of your result ,onward and upward strongs
Gentle man 🤟
G is a class act.
It's a gut blow to lose the tour this way, BUT, you should be super proud of you and your team and what you accomplished. It was awesome to watch you crush it!
TJV with 8 guys in the team were very disappointing, very timid. Well done G Thomas, great competitor and great person.
Legend.
First or second is also a question of luck - Geraint is still a living monument - I hope seeing him here in Switzerland TdS
Gutted for g but he is still a legend 👍
Just a top top man.
"Yes, this is very very very long, keep that in mind for later in life" :D
Jens Voigt "shut up legs" once said, "Any rider over 35 years old should have Yellow Jersey." Chris Horner won the Vuelta at 42 years old, so I am sure G will do fantastic in any grand tour he chooses to ride.
Legend!
Mr G for ever my hero
What a G wow
he's the most consistent pro rider, despite the age factor
Hang in there buddy !!
Lovely man
Sei un grande G
Class act 👍
Absolutely love this man!
What a guy man!
What’s the G stand for ? Gentleman !
Cycling has its own GGG, Great, Gentleman, Geraint ❤️
G you will come back stronger!
Can't wait for the next Watts occurring!
I wanted to cry at the end of the ITT and the day He retires I will be sad AF!
Let's get real. To lose the Giro at 37 y/o by a mere handful of seconds is not a loss. Thomas will inspire more people to attempt the unthinkable than the actual winner Roglic will.
ROFL, Thomas is a legend, but what is more unthinkable in biking that yesterdays stage and GC win by Roglič? Almost nothing.
@@zigazdovc6175 Even G tipped his hat to Primoz victory, that bike change and he _still_ won.
Top bloke 👍
Ti amiamo G 🥰
If he rides the Vuelta I'll be pulling hard for him. Loved the Herculean effort in the final TT by Primos as well, but GT is a hard guy not to cheer for.
I am very happy for Roglic, but at the same time sad for Thomas. I hope he can pull another one next year!
Enjoy your beers!
❤️ G.
G Thomas the Gentleman the Great
Still the best in 🇬🇧 uk
Top man
Class Act
Bring this squad at Vuelta.
Never umderstand why no like G that is so close doesnt attack on final day after all it is still a race.
Because attacking on a flat course with 14 seconds disatvantage just works like that lol
G lost a tough painful Giro by only a few seconds and he's in career-best condition - what is next?
Just yer average Ubermensch doing his thing! A credit to himself and cycling.
No excuses, no ifs and buts. Sporting right to the end. Commiserations Geraint but you've won over admirers all over the world I believe.
On a flat stage you’d have won the time trial.
Can we try again please, 1 more year
Just listening… imagine g world champ
Dont you dare tell us this is your last season G
If they let him use a proper climbing bike he would have not lost 14 seconds!!
G!!
Top Bloke....
disappointing but ultimately beaten by somebody who was slightly better - that's sport. G has a fantastic palmares and should be proud too of what he achieved at the giro
Great to see him not wearing a ridiculous FACE NAPPIE whilst being interviewed.....
Dim difaru. Un o'r dometiques gwych a brofodd yn fwy. Y Cymry hynny.