{"id":127146,"date":"2025-09-08T06:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127146\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T06:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:11:10","slug":"check-out-geraint-thomas-dragon-emblazoned-tour-of-britain-pinarello-dogma-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127146\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out Geraint Thomas\u2019 dragon-emblazoned Tour of Britain Pinarello Dogma F"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geraint Thomas finished his race career today as the\u00a0Tour of Britain ended in his home city of Cardiff, and here\u2019s the Pinarello Dogma F he was riding, complete with a Welsh dragon on the head tube and a list of some of his greatest achievements \u2013 including victory in the 2018 Tour de France \u2013 listed on the top tube.<\/p>\n

Wow! Where do you start with Geraint Thomas? He has been a fixture of top-level British bike racing for two decades. Rather than running through a full list of his achievements, let\u2019s just take a quick look at the wins highlighted on the top tube of the Pinarello Dogma F that he rode in his last professional race.<\/p>\n

Not a bad little haul, that.<\/p>\n

\"20252025 Tour Britain Geraint Thomas Pinarello Dogma F top tube \u00a9 INEOS Grenadiers, Alex Duffill (credit: Ineos Grenadiers Alex Duffill)<\/p>\n

He has also won the Tour de Suisse, E3 Harelbeke, multiple world championships, Commonwealth Games, and he\u2019s been national champ in both road race and time trial. Aside from his Tour de France win, he\u2019s finished second and third too, finished the race in 13 of his 14 starts since 2007 \u2013 including that time (2013) when he rode the whole thing with a broken pelvis after crashing on the first stage. He\u2019s been on the Giro d\u2019Italia podium a couple of times too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"20252025 Tour Britain Geraint Thomas Bruce Rollinson-SWpix.com \u00a9 SWpix.com (t-a Photography Hub Ltd) (credit: \u00a9 SWpix.com (t-a Photography Hub)<\/p>\n

Now aged 39, Geraint has drawn his race career to a close and is moving into management at Ineos Grenadiers, the team that has been his home since 2010 (called Team Sky back then). Yes, it\u2019s a bit of a clich\u00e9, but this really is the end of an era. There will be no G in the pro peloton in 2026. Doesn\u2019t seem right, does it?<\/p>\n

But this isn\u2019t the time to get all misty-eyed and start wondering where our youth went. We\u2019re here to look at the Pinarello Dogma F that Geraint Thomas rode in his last race.<\/p>\n

\"20252025 Tour Britain Geraint Thomas Pinarello Dogma F dragon detail \u00a9 INEOS Grenadiers, Alex Duffill (credit: Ineos Grenadiers Alex Duffill)<\/p>\n

Rather than Ineos Grendaiers\u2019 usual orange and black colour scheme, Geraint\u2019s bike was decorated in white, red and green, the colours of the Welsh flag. The logos, dragon emblem, stem, and other details are in gold. He\u2019s a multi-time Olympic and World Championships gold medalist, after all, so why not? They can’t touch you for it.<\/p>\n

\"GeraintGeraint Thomas custom Tour of Britain Pinarello Dogma (credit: Ineos Grenadiers)<\/p>\n

We particularly like the attention to detail with the little Welsh flag on the back of the seatpost to indicate saddle height; much more classy than a simple line with a Sharpie.<\/p>\n

> Take a look at Geraint Thomas\u2019s 2018 Tour-winning Pinarello Dogma F10 X-Light<\/a><\/p>\n

The bike under there is the updated Pinarello Dogma F that Ineos Grenadiers has been using in various forms over the past few years. The latest version features the head tube \u201cnose\u201d shape that Pinarello originally introduced on the Dogma F8 back in 2014. It\u2019s now narrower than previously, \u201cwith a more streamlined design to improve the frontal aero penetration\u201d, according to the Italian brand.<\/p>\n

Pinarello has also introduced an elliptical fork steerer tube and new headset bearings to allow for the narrower head tube with the latest version of the Dogma F, and the ends of the thru axles are enclosed on both the fork and the frame to improve the aero performance and the aesthetics.<\/p>\n

\"20252025 Tour Britain Geraint Thomas Pinarello Dogma F from rear \u00a9 INEOS Grenadiers, Alex Duffill (credit: Ineos Grenadiers Alex Duffill)<\/p>\n

When we reviewed the Pinarello Dogma F Dura-Ace here on road.cc, Stu Kerton said, \u201cSubtle tweaks have honed the performance, handling and efficiency to a level that it really can’t be faulted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Granted, there was the small matter of a \u00a313,000 price tag, but apart from that, there was very little negative to say. A stunning bike.<\/p>\n

> Read our review of the Pinarello Dogma F\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Like that review bike, Ineos Grenadiers\u2019 Dogma Fs are built up with Shimano\u2019s top-level Dura-Ace groupset.<\/p>\n

Those are 60mm-deep Dura-Ace C60 wheels fitted with Continental Grand Prix 5000 TT TR tubeless tyres<\/p>\n

\"20252025 Tour Britain Geraint Thomas Pinarello Dogma F handlebar front end \u00a9 INEOS Grenadiers, Alex Duffill (credit: Ineos Grenadiers Alex Duffill)<\/p>\n

The one-piece handlebar is a Talon Ultra Fast from Pinarello\u2019s Most in-house component brand, coming with a 7\u00b0 flare so that the drops are a little wider than the hoods position for extra stability.<\/p>\n

\"20252025 Tour Britain Geraint Thomas Pinarello Dogma F saddle \u00a9 INEOS Grenadiers, Alex Duffill (credit: Ineos Grenadiers Alex Duffill)<\/p>\n

The saddle is a Prologo Nago R4 PAS, meaning that it has carbon rails and a pressure-relieving open channel down the centre.<\/p>\n

The verdict on this bike?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve ridden some incredible Pinarellos over the years\u2026 But this might just be my favourite,\u201d Geraint Thomas said on Instagram.<\/p>\n

Okay, you probably don\u2019t take much notice of what pro riders say about their bikes because they pretty much have to say good things, but this one really does look a bit special, doesn\u2019t it? You might as well go out in style.<\/p>\n

\"20252025 Tour Britain Geraint Thomas Pinarello Dogma F \u00a9 INEOS Grenadiers, Alex Duffill (credit: Ineos Grenadiers Alex Duffill)<\/p>\n

What a career. Chapeau!<\/p>\n

Check out loads more Bikes at Bedtime here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geraint Thomas finished his race career today as the\u00a0Tour of Britain ended in his home city of Cardiff,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-127146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}