Cycling And or 2018 was a year in which to fit for Geraint Thomas (32). A year in which he has the Round won from France and Great Britain was declared Sportpersoonlijkheid of the Year. Few who could predict that in 2018 as a grand cru year would be for the Dutch boss, or it would wife Sara should have been. BBC was looking for the torque on for a candid chat.

“I saw something else in Geraint, the last week before the Tour de France”, starts wife Sara her story to the British public broadcaster. “Suddenly he was very still and he began to worry about anything. I still remember the last Tuesday night we were at home in Cardiff. It was so hot, that I to four hours during the night woke up and noticed that he was no longer next to me. I went looking for him and found him on the floor in our living room. I asked him what he was doing. “Yes, it is here just fresher. Here I sleep better, ” he replied. He was really sharp. I told him that I loved him and that I him like to me, but also that it was time to leave. He was ready for it.”