{"id":171775,"date":"2018-12-17T12:45:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T12:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=171775"},"modified":"2018-12-17T12:45:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T12:45:54","slug":"thomas-crowned-sports-personality-of-the-year-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/12\/17\/thomas-crowned-sports-personality-of-the-year-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Crowned Sports Personality of the Year and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-GB\"><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 lang=\"en-GB\"><strong>Thomas tops a prestigious poll<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\">The Tour de France winner was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The 32-year-old became the first-ever Welshman to win the Grand Boucle and bested the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Harry Kane.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BrePL_hFD66\/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&#038;igshid=1coddi0n81cfj<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\">\u201cI feel really lucky to have come into cycling when I did. I was just going down the leisure centre for a swim and ended up riding my bike. It\u2019s insane, now I\u2019m stood here. I\u2019ve always thought I\u2019m just focused on myself and people want me to win, but you realise that what we do does inspire people back home,\u201d Thomas said after winning the public vote.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\">\u201cTo see people of all abilities and ages riding their bikes and living a healthy lifestyle, you can take as much pride in that as winning something like this. I take great pride in representing Britain and Wales when I\u2019m racing abroad. It\u2019s been an amazing year for British sport and long may it continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 lang=\"en-GB\"><strong>What a windbreaker!<\/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\">New team means a new photo of course&#8230; \ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\ude02 Who thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edwinavilav?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@edwinavilav<\/a> will enjoy having me at @yallaACADEMY next year???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZwAEmlpxY6\">pic.twitter.com\/ZwAEmlpxY6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor Dunne (@conordunnealot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conordunnealot\/status\/1072137633604747264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2 lang=\"en-GB\"><strong>Deep<\/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\">Pro is not a constant state. Every year it must be relearned. Every day it must be reinforced. Every second it may disappear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LrpwjPcGCk\">pic.twitter.com\/LrpwjPcGCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Howes (@alex_howes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex_howes\/status\/1072273658373005317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2 lang=\"en-GB\"><strong>Impressive run!<\/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\">Having fun <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mads__Pedersen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mads__Pedersen<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5tDcjdOZP\">pic.twitter.com\/o5tDcjdOZP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LidlTrek\/status\/1072444765042589702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2 lang=\"en-GB\"><strong>Style<\/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\">Occasionally people ask me what my plan is post cycling. Of course my answer is that I\u2019m going to make a living off a Kim Kardashian \u201cselfie\u201d style book, but of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_katiearchibald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_katiearchibald<\/a> doing weird stuff. Here she is at a pre London World Cup training session, brushing her teeth: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uLTPjj6GwA\">pic.twitter.com\/uLTPjj6GwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MILADY MAKER!! \ud83c\udf37\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf1e (@elinorbarker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elinorbarker\/status\/1072546025573892099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 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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