Geraint Thomas - How a Welshman Won the Tour De France  
Author(s): Phil Stead
Published by The Books Council of Wales
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ISBN: 9781784616793
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The story of a Welsh cycling fan's 25-year love affair with le Tour de France, culminating in the joy of witnessing Geraint Thomas' unexpected victory in summer 2018. Is this the greatest ever Welsh sporting achievement? How does an unassuming bloke from Whitchurch win le Tour de France? And what was it like to see Geraint win?
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The story of a Welsh cycling fan's 25-year love affair with le Tour de France, culminating in the joy of witnessing Geraint Thomas' unexpected victory in summer 2018. Is this the greatest ever Welsh sporting achievement? How does an unassuming bloke from Whitchurch win le Tour de France? And what was it like to see Geraint win?
Table of contents
  • Prologue
  • Stage 1 – Noirmoutier-en-l’Île to Fontenay-le-Comte
  • Stage 2 – Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon
  • Stage 3 – Team Time Trial – Cholet to Cholet
  • Stage 4 – La Baule to Sarzeau
  • Stage 5 – Lorient to Quimper
  • Stage 6 – Brest to Mûr-de-Bretagne
  • Stage 7 – Fougères to Chartres
  • Stage 8 – Dreux to Amiens
  • Stage 9 – Arras to Roubaix
  • 16 July – Rest day – Welsh cycling before Sky
  • Stage 10 – Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand
  • Stage 11 – Albertville to La Rosière
  • Stage 12 – Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Alpe d’Huez
  • Stage 13 – Bourg d’Oisans to Valence
  • Stage 14 – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Mende
  • Stage 15 – Millau to Carcassonne
  • 23 July – Rest day – Geraint Thomas
  • Stage 16 – Carcassonne to Bagnères-de-Luchon
  • Stage 17 – Bagnères-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan
  • Stage 18 – Trie-sur-Baïse to Pau
  • Stage 19 – Lourdes to Laruns
  • Stage 20 – Individual Time Trial – Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to Espelette
  • Stage 21 – Houilles to Paris Champs-Élysées
  • Acknowledgements
  • Images
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