G is such a cool rider. Very personable and down to earth. A brilliant and very long career on the road and on track as well. Still going strong. Chapeau.
Some of cycling's greats never won, or came second in the Tour de France. Nor were they Olympic gold medalists. History will remember Geraint Thomas as a great of his sport. His greatest quality for me - is that he was / is a bone fide team player through and through. When his career is done every multi billion dollar business should pay Geraint a lot of money to speak to it's people. He's a fantastic man.
Really great insight into the TDF and Geraint's down to earth approach as a world-class pro rider. I will never look at rice the same way again. Thanks!
Great Video. Geraint your a true Gent. Giving that little girl your autograph after your toughest day on the tour just shows the true you. Well done. Pressure is off for 2020.. go for it..
Great documentary. My admiration goes for the bike riders, the most difficult sport. They are humans not machines. Geraint, you are great. I would like to see more of these inside Tour de France
If anyone ever doubted the competitive drive to win in this sport, just check this guy out. I don't really like him that much as a rider, but man, he sure taught me a thing or two about how to go after something you want in life...
I love when athletes (especially road cyclist) gave an insight into what is it really like to be what they are, and what it takes, how they feel about certain things then how they are going to react to it
well the netflix one wasn't good enough. but there are team documentaries, like movistar's which gives a very honest perspective on the grand tours and the inside view of life in the team. Jumbo visma's documentaries also good
Desde el 2018 thomas y frumm se dieron cuenta que venía la Bestia y sería el final de una era, al llegar la vejes y surjir la juventud el cambio es inevitable.. Todo acaba y todo inicia.
Very good insidestory really, thing is G maybe too grown up. Super effort though!!! I really do like him because he has still some muscels left where others are just skin n bones. However, chances do not come twice very often. After all, Bernal was the most enduring climber then and it will be super to see what happens this year. Great STORY n INSIDES i could never eat as much boring Food as they do....Super!!!!!!
thanks for sharing, unfortunately the game is spoiled.I do also come from Bike racing and there is a very dark truth behind the scene. There is no admiration to have towards them because it is all about money and leadership
Just disappointing not to be able to see who would've won without the stoppages. I think G would've held his hands up and applauded Bernal if he was beaten fair and square but there's something poetically unjust about what happened. P.S. Yes, I'm still pissed off that Wiggins didn't get to defend his title in 2013.
@37:45 why they have a feed zone in a high-speed? What if the water bottle slips out of the riders hands and causes a crash? Seems stupid to have tens of millions of dollars invested in that pack of Riders and put the Peloton in such high risk.
So, the small little victory in the physio session and recalling the moment in previous years stage 20 was the moment? And it's at that moment, it's going into that cave, before you come out again to win. Hence Tourmalet before you start to build....
@@chrisbee5317 yh they go into the race slightly over weight and start trying to lose weight at about a month before the tour so they aren't always that lean
Nothing but respect for every single one of the riders and support staff regardless of team, but f**k me this was bland. My opinion is G didn't want to win this Tour, I wholeheartedly believe he prefers being a "super" domestique
Agree with almost all you say but I think more likely about ‘win’ was too many things came home to roost (crashes) and there was someone better at the time. Agree it was bland (like the rice). It is a bit like when musicians talk about music, the music is the exciting thing; with cycling, the racing is the spectacle (and to a degree the falsehood), seeing the reality of what it takes is not necessarily a good thing!
"The road will decide.." is such a stupid sentence; How many times who decided was a coach decission? or other factors. I dont have the sensation that the Tour 2019 was won by the best cyclist and the weather, the circumstances in the last 2 stages had a determinant weight.
No offense, but there is no way it would ever be off by 3/4". They measure such things in millimeters and the ideal seat height has been figured out long ago. As a bike racer, his seat height looks good to me.
Everybody knows that SKY/INEOS is the biggest fraud in the cycling histoty and time will prove everything ! 🖕 Au fait Portal, rappelles nous ton palmarès qu'on rigole...😂😂😂
Underrated rider in his time when serving Froome. A rider who should be remembered for his loyalty, exceptional talent and his Hardness.
G is such a cool rider. Very personable and down to earth. A brilliant and very long career on the road and on track as well. Still going strong. Chapeau.
Some of cycling's greats never won, or came second in the Tour de France. Nor were they Olympic gold medalists. History will remember Geraint Thomas as a great of his sport. His greatest quality for me - is that he was / is a bone fide team player through and through. When his career is done every multi billion dollar business should pay Geraint a lot of money to speak to it's people. He's a fantastic man.
You haven’t mention the fact that Geraint was a track Olympic gold medalists.
Yes, Richie Porte is another fine example
Yes one of my favorite moments was when he led the sprint train for Cavendish when they were on other teams.
Thanks Geraint for giving us this insight, Respect!
Superb, really enjoyable great insights into the life of a pro rider. RIP Nico Portal, great guy cut down way to young
Really great insight into the TDF and Geraint's down to earth approach as a world-class pro rider. I will never look at rice the same way again. Thanks!
Great Video. Geraint your a true Gent. Giving that little girl your autograph after your toughest day on the tour just shows the true you. Well done. Pressure is off for 2020.. go for it..
What a fantastic overview of a rider / teams Tour e France. Geraint.......legend!
Great documentary. My admiration goes for the bike riders, the most difficult sport. They are humans not machines. Geraint, you are great. I would like to see more of these inside Tour de France
True class. What a gent. Legend G.
Always stops for the kids, no matter how bad his day was. Class act.
His wife is such a sweetheart and does his hair. He's living it largem
Even though he's won the TdF once, he's one of my all-time favorite tour champions. Go G!
Excellent, what a smashing bloke! 👏🏻
Geraint Thomas: great guy, great athlete.
Big thanks from Brazil.
Muchas gracias thomas por ser respetuosos y enterder que nuestro paísano estaba más fuerte, 1 y 2 excelente equipo el mejor de todos.
If anyone ever doubted the competitive drive to win in this sport, just check this guy out. I don't really like him that much as a rider, but man, he sure taught me a thing or two about how to go after something you want in life...
Thanks Geraint for giving us an insight in to your 2019 Tour. You are true Champion and an inspiration to all bike riders. Keep safe.
Really crossing my fingers for him to bring home this years Giro. He would deserve it like no other
His gap was never enough going into the final tt. but may he return to his best form possible and take more GTs. definitely deserves it.
Uploader, you the real MVP
MVDP
The road will decide ! Well done guys on this film. We now need the perspective of Egan :-) you are inspiring boys
They should do one of these every year!
I agree let the road decide between Froome Thomas and Bernal!
TopgunB is only fair
@Christian Cullen But is the future 2020 that remains to be seen!
They should do one of these every year!
RIP Nico Portal 🙏🏻😢
What happened?
Sb Sb He tragically passed away🙏🏼
@@dantaylor2908 Jesus Christ. Because of cancer?
Sb Sb Heart attack
I love when athletes (especially road cyclist) gave an insight into what is it really like to be what they are, and what it takes, how they feel about certain things then how they are going to react to it
well the netflix one wasn't good enough. but there are team documentaries, like movistar's which gives a very honest perspective on the grand tours and the inside view of life in the team. Jumbo visma's documentaries also good
Imagine being the type of person that calls a Tour de France winner a "one hit wonder".
Good argument, since it takes so much effort to arrive in that victory.
Stfu mtb isn’t a sport
@@trentonlau830 You couldn't look more stupid if you tried.
One epo wonder
Jack Glossop I have a downhill mountain bike, I used to compete under uci for downhill.
Desde el 2018 thomas y frumm se dieron cuenta que venía la Bestia y sería el final de una era, al llegar la vejes y surjir la juventud el cambio es inevitable.. Todo acaba y todo inicia.
Great storytelling.
37:43 random kid flossing
Thanks for uploading.
I was only hoping a bit better q then 480p
These guys really put the effort in - good show G 🙏
The greatest cycling video I’ve ever seen. Thanks 🙏
Anyone watching from the UK this on BBC iplayer in much better quality!
Inspirational, thank you for this insight into a pro cyclist/athlete.
Very good insidestory really, thing is G maybe too grown up. Super effort though!!! I really do like him because he has still some muscels left where others are just skin n bones. However, chances do not come twice very often. After all, Bernal was the most enduring climber then and it will be super to see what happens this year. Great STORY n INSIDES i could never eat as much boring Food as they do....Super!!!!!!
Ha! Some story it will be now...
Ah man, so sad to see Nico Portal. What a cool guy he is in this video.
Un verdadero campeón!
Gotta love G, the pro peloton doesn't have many characters but he's certainly one of them.
Brilliant!!
Gerain Thomas is a gentleman...
What a Champ G is!
What a man!
thanks for sharing, unfortunately the game is spoiled.I do also come from Bike racing and there is a very dark truth behind the scene. There is no admiration to have towards them because it is all about money and leadership
The Tour de France brought to you by Weight Watchers....
....and Uncle Ben's.
"Every team has 1 or 2 leaders"
Movistar: 8 leaders and none of them are helping the other leaders
Now he does not have non of that. .he is in terrible shape...i hope he does a good Giro..
He is a gentleman.
i would eat all the rice in the world if it meant i got to race the tour
Any idea, that rice, those 20kg, is it measured dry or already boiled? Thanks!
57:37 - any idea about those 20 kg rice? is it the dry weight or already boiled? Thanks!
Thanks for uploading! :)
Just disappointing not to be able to see who would've won without the stoppages. I think G would've held his hands up and applauded Bernal if he was beaten fair and square but there's something poetically unjust about what happened.
P.S. Yes, I'm still pissed off that Wiggins didn't get to defend his title in 2013.
Class 👏🏻👌🏽
I find it amusing that the thumbnail for this video shows someone other than Geraint Thomas.
"Someone", is Nicolas Portal. May he rest in peace
@37:45 why they have a feed zone in a high-speed? What if the water bottle slips out of the riders hands and causes a crash?
Seems stupid to have tens of millions of dollars invested in that pack of Riders and put the Peloton in such high risk.
G should've been leader
Geraint Thomas reminds me of Alex Turner
Not a Ineos/SKY fan at all. But after seeing this it would be hard for me not to root for G or Egan in the future!
carbs carbs and more carbs!
True True & more True
Also cadence!
Spin to win. Dance like Lance.
Great
37:40 = Matt Stephans of Sigma (former GCN presenter) making his way through the throngs, dodging cameras
Where?
@@zaxmaxlax 38:33
U do know he’s literally a (and has been for a ages) Eurosport presenter and commentator
So, the small little victory in the physio session and recalling the moment in previous years stage 20 was the moment? And it's at that moment, it's going into that cave, before you come out again to win. Hence Tourmalet before you start to build....
38:40 Matt from GCN :D
From Sigma Sports.
@OldPlaces Compared to...?
It seems like he lost the heart for it
Amazing rider 🤙 🚴🚴💦
I like how he sits on the bike
I hope that while team sky is watching each other Roglic is slipping down the road to victory.
Team INEOS I love you!
RIP Nico Portal
This is so we'll done!
This is not a race for geraint to win.
He looks so lean, curious how much weight he drops from offseason
There is no way you could keep that light all year takes massive will power
Sometimes you have to read the man and not the company he has kept. He’s 100% clean.
He has said in interviews his optimum race weight is 67kg, and I believe his off season weight is around 71 kg.
I'm sure he has said that he has never had a TUE even when he broke his pelvis during the T d F
@@chrisbee5317 yh they go into the race slightly over weight and start trying to lose weight at about a month before the tour so they aren't always that lean
what do they have in their nose during warmup and why?
mostly only in TT warmups, its a kind of oil that liberates the nose and the respiratories so it allows max oxygen in during the TT :p
Was that Matt formerly of GCN at 51:00?
Froome Thomas Bernal 🔝
Top Lad
20:11 nico saying fooking hell
Another 1 on drugs
So much rice
G Was robbed
You are such a brick..
Nothing but respect for every single one of the riders and support staff regardless of team, but f**k me this was bland. My opinion is G didn't want to win this Tour, I wholeheartedly believe he prefers being a "super" domestique
Agree with almost all you say but I think more likely about ‘win’ was too many things came home to roost (crashes) and there was someone better at the time.
Agree it was bland (like the rice). It is a bit like when musicians talk about music, the music is the exciting thing; with cycling, the racing is the spectacle (and to a degree the falsehood), seeing the reality of what it takes is not necessarily a good thing!
amazin
One of the greatest tours of all time?? Come off it.
"The road will decide.." is such a stupid sentence; How many times who decided was a coach decission? or other factors. I dont have the sensation that the Tour 2019 was won by the best cyclist and the weather, the circumstances in the last 2 stages had a determinant weight.
Alliphilipe has his seat too low for climbing, If he would raise it 3/4 of an inch he'd get more power.
Yeah he probably never got a bike fit, professional mechanic or whatsoever?
No offense, but there is no way it would ever be off by 3/4". They measure such things in millimeters and the ideal seat height has been figured out long ago. As a bike racer, his seat height looks good to me.
😂
Totally, I think he should go to town on that seatpost.....maybe THREE inches higher!!!
Nice doped athlete
Everybody knows that SKY/INEOS is the biggest fraud in the cycling histoty and time will prove everything ! 🖕 Au fait Portal, rappelles nous ton palmarès qu'on rigole...😂😂😂
whk759 sigh 😒
Superb, really enjoyable great insights into the life of a pro rider. RIP Nico Portal, great guy cut down way to young
Imagine being the type of person that calls a Tour de France winner a "one hit wonder".
Superb, really enjoyable great insights into the life of a pro rider. RIP Nico Portal, great guy cut down way to young
Superb, really enjoyable great insights into the life of a pro rider. RIP Nico Portal, great guy cut down way to young