The former Tour de France winner was hoping to make a fifth Games but British Cycling insists he is ‘not in great form’
Photograph: Pierre Teyssot/Action Plus/ShutterstockPhotograph: Pierre Teyssot/Action Plus/ShutterstockFormer Tour de France winner hoped for a fifth GamesLast modified on Mon 24 Jun 2024 17.05 CESTGeraint Thomas, the double Olympic gold medallist, Tour de France winner and Britain’s most consistent performer in Grand Tour stage racing, has been dropped from Team GB’s lineup for the Paris Olympics.
Thomas, a veteran of four Olympics and a gold medallist in the team pursuit at Beijing in 2008 and London 2012, told the Guardian in April: “I’d love to do one more Olympics, but I don’t want to go and just get another tracksuit. Thomas’s Ineos Grenadiers teammates Ethan Hayter and Josh Tarling, both recently crowned British national champions, and the Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Tom Pidcock, also a stage winner in the 2022 Tour de France, are included. They are joined by Stephen Williams, winner this season of La Flèche Wallonne, and the former British road race champion Fred Wright.
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