{"id":332609,"date":"2025-08-10T07:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332609\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T07:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:50:11","slug":"geraint-thomas-reportedly-close-to-agreeing-management-contract-at-the-ineos-grenadiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332609\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraint Thomas reportedly close to agreeing management contract at the INEOS Grenadiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geraint Thomas<\/a> has confirmed that the 2025 Tour of Britain
\nwill be his last race, ending a career that spans almost two decades and
\nincludes victories at the sport\u2019s biggest events. The 2018 Tour de France
\nwinner will retire on the roads of Cardiff, bringing his story full circle in
\nfront of home crowds. But, it seems some big news is now on the horizon for the
\nWelshman.<\/p>\n

According to Ciro Scognamiglio, Thomas will not be stepping
\naway from the sport entirely. From 2026, he is expected to become INEOS
\nGrenadiers\u2019 head of racing, a role that will see him move directly into the
\nteam\u2019s management structure. The appointment has been widely anticipated, given
\nThomas\u2019s long-standing leadership within the squad and his incredible palmares.<\/p>\n

After completing his 14th and final Tour de France last
\nmonth, Thomas reflected on his journey. “Honestly, watching it on TV when
\nI was a kid, it felt like something that happened in a different
\nuniverse,” he wrote on X. “I dreamt of racing it, of winning it, but
\nI never for a second thought I would. And then, in 2007, there I was on the
\nstart line. Now I’ve raced 14 of the flipping things.”<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“Winning it in 2018 changed my life and I\u2019ll never be
\nable to quite believe I did that. But honestly, just riding the Tour is the
\nbiggest pleasure of all. Experiencing the race, the country, the people, the
\nfans, it’s something I’ll never ever forget or take for granted.”<\/p>\n

Thomas\u2019s career began on the track, where he became an
\nOlympic champion in team pursuit before focusing fully on the road. With Team
\nSky and later INEOS, he was part of multiple Tour-winning squads before
\nclaiming his own yellow jersey in 2018. His final seasons have been defined as
\nmuch by mentorship as by personal results, guiding younger riders through the
\ndemands of Grand Tour leadership.<\/p>\n

In May, speaking to the Guardian, Thomas hinted at the type
\nof post-racing role he would seek. \u201cI think I’ve got a lot to offer on
\nperformance and going after bike races. There’d be a lot to learn as well,
\nwhich is also exciting. It all depends on the role I’d end up doing, but that’s
\nthe type of challenge I’d be looking for.”<\/p>\n

For now, his focus is on his farewell race. \u201cIt’ll be
\namazing. It will be full circle: finishing my career on the roads in Cardiff.
\nThere will be lots of friends and family there. I can’t think of a better way
\nto finish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geraint Thomas has confirmed that the 2025 Tour of Britain will be his last race, ending a career…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-332609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115003380461360278","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}