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Sunday 16 December 2018

Geraint Thomas wins Sports Personality of the Year 2018 following cyclist’s
Tour de France triumph

Cyclist Geraint Thomas was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday,
receiving British sport’s premier annual individual accolade in Birmingham as a
reward for his remarkable Tour de France triumph.
The Welshman, whose victory in cycling‘s most prestigious race was the sixth by a
British rider in seven years, topped the public vote ahead of Formula One world
champion Lewis Hamilton and England football captain Harry Kane.
The other sportsmen and women short-listed for the award were triple European
sprint champion Dina Asher-Smith, English cricket’s record test wicket taker James
Anderson and double Olympic skeleton champion, Lizzy Yarnold.
It completed a happy day for the 32-year-old Thomas at the end of an unsettling
week in which Sky, sponsors of Team Sky, announced it would end its involvement
with his team at the end of 2019.
Thomas picked up a replica of the winner’s trophy from Tour de France organisers
earlier on Sunday after the original was stolen from a cycling show.