Geraint Thomas smashes fundraising goal after first of three 12-hour home-trainer rides

Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos)
Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) completed the first of his three 12-hour rides on virtual training platform Zwift on Wednesday, and has already smashed through his NHS fundraising target of £100,000 and had reached £139,091 at the time of publication of this story, with Thursday and Friday's rides still to go.

The 2018 Tour de France champion started the first of his G's NHS Zwift Shifts – designed to mirror a typical NHS hospital shift, and to raise money for British hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic – at 7:30am (UK time) on Wednesday, and will start at the same time on Thursday and Friday.

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