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2018 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 144809" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Sports Personality of the Year winner: Geraint Thomas triumphs after Tour de France success</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018.</p><p></p><p>The Team Sky rider, 32, became only the third Briton to win the 21-stage race, after Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and four-time Tour champion Chris Froome.</p><p></p><p>He was the first Welshman to win the Tour as Brits celebrated a sixth win in seven years.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In a public vote, Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton finished second while footballer Harry Kane was third.</p><p></p><p>Thomas - who was presented with his award by 2017 winner Sir Mo Farah - is the first Welshman to win Sports Personality since footballer Ryan Giggs in 2009.</p><p></p><p>"I really should have thought about what I was going to say," a shocked Thomas said.</p><p></p><p>"I feel very lucky to have come into cycling when I did. I just went down to the local leisure centre for a swim and instead I rode my bike.</p><p></p><p>"As a bike rider, I always focus on myself. Obviously people want me to win, but hearing stories like Tyson [Fury]'s and Billy [Monger]'s, you realise that what we do does inspire people back home.</p><p></p><p>"To see people on their bikes and enjoying it, you take just as much pride from that as winning something like this.</p><p></p><p>"I take great pride in representing Britain and Wales. It has been a great year for British sport and long may it continue."</p><p></p><p>Swami</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One has to wonder how much longer this award ceremony can keep going, given how humiliating it must be for the BBC that the vast majority of sports coverage shown during the night has been shown by other broadcasters. The BBC has bowed the knee so utterly meekly in bidding for broadcasting rights that three major snooker tournaments are pretty much the only significant sporting events they show live nowadays.</p><p></p><p>They gave up live F1, they no longer have exclusive Six Nations/Autumn International coverage - surely this whole concept of a BBC Sports Personality is now utterly outdated.</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 144809, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]Sports Personality of the Year winner: Geraint Thomas triumphs after Tour de France success[/B][/SIZE] Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018. The Team Sky rider, 32, became only the third Briton to win the 21-stage race, after Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and four-time Tour champion Chris Froome. He was the first Welshman to win the Tour as Brits celebrated a sixth win in seven years. In a public vote, Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton finished second while footballer Harry Kane was third. Thomas - who was presented with his award by 2017 winner Sir Mo Farah - is the first Welshman to win Sports Personality since footballer Ryan Giggs in 2009. "I really should have thought about what I was going to say," a shocked Thomas said. "I feel very lucky to have come into cycling when I did. I just went down to the local leisure centre for a swim and instead I rode my bike. "As a bike rider, I always focus on myself. Obviously people want me to win, but hearing stories like Tyson [Fury]'s and Billy [Monger]'s, you realise that what we do does inspire people back home. "To see people on their bikes and enjoying it, you take just as much pride from that as winning something like this. "I take great pride in representing Britain and Wales. It has been a great year for British sport and long may it continue." Swami One has to wonder how much longer this award ceremony can keep going, given how humiliating it must be for the BBC that the vast majority of sports coverage shown during the night has been shown by other broadcasters. The BBC has bowed the knee so utterly meekly in bidding for broadcasting rights that three major snooker tournaments are pretty much the only significant sporting events they show live nowadays. They gave up live F1, they no longer have exclusive Six Nations/Autumn International coverage - surely this whole concept of a BBC Sports Personality is now utterly outdated. Swami [/QUOTE]
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