Britain's Great 8 - Geraint Thomas joins Tour de France heroes

Welshman becomes UK's eighth wearer of the yellow jersey, putting him in some illustrious company

Geraint Thomas tour de france
Geraint Thomas stands out in the Tour de France yellow jersey
(Image credit: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

While some eyes are focussed on Andy Murray's progress at SW19 for the next few weeks, ​there's British sporting excellence ongoing elsewhere.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More