{"id":169414,"date":"2018-08-13T12:13:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=169414"},"modified":"2018-08-13T12:15:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:15:12","slug":"geraint-thomas-to-stay-with-team-sky-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/08\/13\/geraint-thomas-to-stay-with-team-sky-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraint Thomas to Stay with Team Sky and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The champion is staying<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Geraint Thomas had plenty of offers to choose from after winning this year\u2019s Tour de France, but as it seems, he won\u2019t be changing jerseys after all.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166583\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/07\/profimedia-0380086602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166583\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/07\/profimedia-0380086602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"831\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geraint Thomas and his wife celebrate after the last stage of the 105th edition of the Tour de France, Sunday 29 July 2018.\u00a0 Profimedia, \u00a9 Zuma Press &#8211; News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cObviously, there are some teams interested, but I am happy here and it seems to be working at the moment,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI know they (Sky bosses) had a meeting today and I know we\u2019re pretty close. So hopefully it\u2019ll all be sorted in the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old should be looking at a deal worth \u00a33.5 million per year according to The Telegraph.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ullrich in deep trouble<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 1997 Tour de France winner travelled in a private jet from Mallorca to Frankfurt where he planned to start attending therapy. However, just a few hours later, he was arrested after assaulting a prostitute. Ullrich was reportedly under the influence of drugs and strangled the woman \u201cuntil her eyes turned black\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166713\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/08\/profimedia-0349367500-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-166713 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/08\/profimedia-0349367500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winner of the 1997 Tour de France was arrested in Mallorca, following an altercation with his neighbour. Ullrich reportedly jumped the fence of Til Schweiger and threatened the actor while he hosted a party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Jealous!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmI0_W4liDO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Memories<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My best memory of \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tour_de_Pologne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tour_de_Pologne<\/a>\u2069 in 2017 <br \/>Pony was running next to me \ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude18 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SyWtq6hUSX\">pic.twitter.com\/SyWtq6hUSX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u5225\u5e9c \u53f2\u4e4b FUMY BEPPU (@Fumybeppu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fumybeppu\/status\/1026580360069636101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Lost the way, sir\u00a0Thomas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m sure I know this guy from somewhere!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8xzMhfSbeE\">pic.twitter.com\/8xzMhfSbeE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Huw Bevan (@hbevs23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbevs23\/status\/1027149779829174272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Not really<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A hero&#39;s welcome from the Cardiff crowd. What a day for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraintThomas86?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeraintThomas86<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeHomeG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WelcomeHomeG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n7G76Xx85q\">pic.twitter.com\/n7G76Xx85q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INEOSGrenadiers\/status\/1027582788076224512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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