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Geraint Thomas to retire from cycling at end of season: ‘It’s not been a bad run, eh?’

  • 2018 Tour de France winner also won double Olympic gold
  • ‘You can’t do it forever, I’m getting a few grey hairs’

Tour de France winner and two-time Olympic gold medallist Geraint Thomas will retire as a racing cyclist at the end of the season, the Briton said in a social media post on Monday.

Thomas, 38, won the Tour de France in 2018, after securing gold for Britain in the team pursuit in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He was also part of the British team pursuit trio that won three golds in the Track Cycling World Championships between 2007 and 2012.

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Alcorn State visits Florida A&M following Young’s 28-point game

Alcorn State Braves (8-17, 8-4 SWAC) at Florida A&M Rattlers (11-12, 8-4 SWAC) Tallahassee, Florida; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rattlers -1.5; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM LINE: Florida A&M hosts Alcorn State after Sterling Young scored 28 points in Florida A&M's 76-71 win against the Jackson State Tigers. The Rattlers are 7-2 in home games.

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Jones and No. 10 Iowa State host Colorado

Colorado Buffaloes (10-15, 1-14 Big 12) at Iowa State Cyclones (20-5, 11-4 Big 12) Ames, Iowa; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. Iowa State plays Colorado after Curtis Jones scored 22 points in Iowa State's 81-70 victory against the Cincinnati Bearcats.

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Muniz, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles square off against the Jacksonville Dolphins

Jacksonville is third in the ASUN with 10.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Stephon Payne III averaging 3.0. FGCU makes 47.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than Jacksonville has allowed to its opponents (44.4%). Jacksonville has shot at a 44.4% rate from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points above the 42.8% shooting opponents of FGCU have averaged.