Didn't Geraint Thomas just sign a contract with Sky­ to be part of their road race team? Dave Brailsford­ said "It made sense that Geraint came into the­ team to perform on the road, but also evolve and­ increase his Olympic potential.", so I doubt if­ they would just let him forget the road aspect.

road and track, though both cycling events are very­ different disciplines and he obviously feels the track­ is better suited to him and his strengths. he is only­ 23 and wiggins went from track to road but didn't­ really get the hang of it until this year and he is now­ 29. only time will tell

real story here is the poor showing at the world road­ race, alot of those guys riding are for team sky next­ year so surely they could have finished. we will be­ relaying on the overseas riders to do anything

Campagman... Do you actually believe what you wrote?­ This is a guy who has 6th in the ToB, an olympic gold­ medallist and a professional road rider. There are­ numerous professionals out there who have not won­ anything to date but keep plugging away. The fact he­ has decided to go back to basics (his basics) and try­ for more wins and medals on the track only goes to show­ his commitment to British cycling, his career and our­ sport.

Track riding for those who have never done it­ or have never raced at a high level seems to be on­ first impressions "not so tough" but nothing­ is further from the truth. Russell Williams once told­ me that track racing had it all, stamina, speed,­ sprints, tactics, even small up and down drags in and­ out of the corners and I can testify to those facts!­ Will you rubbish Bradley Wiggins for going over to the­ road because you think he cannot be arsed also or Lance­ Armstrong for coming out of retirement because of (in­ his words) unfinished business.... I don't think­ so! It is the correct decision for the guy at this­ time.

The guy is 23 and has a great future in this­ sport. I believe that roads loss is tracks gain and I­ also believe he will be back again.

And that should read Geraint Thomas! Sorry, I had a­ Eurosport moment there!

This is not exactly world shocking breaking news.....­ Eurosport please can you come up with something else ­ more exciting like, maybe:

1. George Hincapie makes­ decision to fill own water bottle from now on.
2.­ Nicole Cooke repairs and reuses punctured inner tube to­ save environment.
3. Pat Mc Quaid buys has his suit dry­ cleaned on a Wednesday.

Simon G is a great track­ rider, obviously he has issues with the traveling, team­ structure or some of the other X 100 other parts of­ team road cycling and has decided to resort to the­ track... Great, looking forward to seeing him do well­ again on the track!

NEXT!!

Shock horror: Cyclist goes cycling on track!

What­ next: Alonso drives car on road!!

None story.

It's up to Geraint Thomas to structure his cycling­ career whatever way he likes. I imagine having a few­ Olympic medals is quite a draw and can see why his­ success in track cycling might lure him off the roads­ for a while. What I don't understand is whether­ this article is telling us 'Geraint Thomas is going­ back to track cycling for a bit' or 'Geraint­ Thomas no longer wants to do road cycling so he has­ dedicated his efforts solely to track cycling from now­ on'. If it's the former, it's not­ 'that' much of a story.

If Wiggo and Cav's performances this year have­ taught GB cycling anything, it's that to acheive­ success on the road, it has to be all or nothing. What­ has Thomas got left to prove on the track? He's­ been a road pro for 3 years (?) now and hasn't won­ a single professsional race, so surely this should be­ his focus?