SUFFOLK, England :Britain's former Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas is preparing for an emotional farewell to cycling in this week's Tour of Britain which starts in Suffolk on Tuesday.

The 39-year-old Welshman will compete for the last time in his storied career and will sign off with the last of the six stages finishing in his home city of Cardiff on Sunday.

Thomas, who won the Tour de France in 2018, will lead the Ineos Grenadiers team for one last time wearing a specially-designed kit featuring a doodle from his five-year-old son.

The kit will feature a Welsh dragon on the front while on the back it will have all the most successful years of his career, including Olympic track gold medals in 2008 and 2012.

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