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ITV4 to Air Geraint Thomas' Final Race in Emotional Tour of Britain
Aug 15 2025 13:40 · By Henry Tomlinson/Henry Tomlinson
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ITV SPORT have confirmed the return of a major sporting event to free-to-air TV.
The broadcaster will be showing Britain's biggest professional cycling race on September 2.
3 ITV will be showing coverage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men Credit: Getty
3 It will be Geraint Thomas' last ever race Credit: Getty
3 He won the Tour de France in 2018 Credit: AFP
The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men will have all six stages shown on ITV4 and ITVX until its conclusion on September 7.
The coverage will be fronted by much love broadcaster Ned Boulting.
This year's edition will have added emotion for the home crowd, as it is Geraint Thomas ' final outing in the pro peloton.
The last stage starts outside the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales in Newport, and finishing in his home city of Cardiff.
The Welshman won the Tour de France as well as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2018.
Thomas, 39, will be retiring after the race and has established himself as a modern-day legend of the sport.
The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men was broadcast for the first time on ITV in 2008.
The upcoming race, however, looks to be one of the last times cycling fans in the UK can watch their favourite sport on free-to-air TV.
Last year it was announced that TNT would absorb all the cycling coverage that was shown on Eurosport - which disappeared from UK screens in February.
Next year, ITV will be pulling out of covering the Tour de France, bringing an end to more than 40 YEARS of free-to-air coverage.
Coverage will then only be shown on TNT Sports channels and the online streaming service Discovery+.
Meanwhile, Thomas has spoken about his upcoming retirement.
He told the BBC : "It's been amazing.
"Looking back, I never thought I'd be doing 14 Tours and to win it was just bonkers. I can look back with fond memories.
"It was something I always dreamed of doing so to have just done it and be in Paris once is special you know. To do 14 is unreal really, one hell of a journey.
"I'm not one to be too sentimental and look back or whatever, you're always sort of thinking of the next thing.
"But I guess when it comes to the end there's nothing else to look forward to is there?"