Familiar roads will take Thomas home

CYCLING Geraint Thomas could hardly have drawn up a better route for his final professional race if he had done it himself.

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The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men will be the last event of an illustrious career which began with Olympic gold medals on the track and peaked with his 2018 Tour de France title.

And just to make sure emotions are at a premium, this week's race will finish with Sunday's stage into the 39-year-old’s home city of Cardiff.