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Geraint Thomas: Cycling great ponders final season before retiring

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Geraint Thomas will retire from cycling at the end of the Tour de France season.

The 38-year-old Welshman has won two Olympic gold medals, three World Championship titles and numerous road races.

Thomas has been reinvigorated in the twilight of his career, with last year's third place at the Giro d'Italia .

Thomas plans to bring the curtain down on his career at the Tour of Britain in September .

The closing stage could be held in Cardiff, where he will return to live after retiring.

Thomas : "When I do start thinking about it, it's going to be emotional. Maybe I'll shed a tear or two ".

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