thomas has enjoyed success both on the track and on the road. on the track he was a specialist in the team pursuit. he won three world championships and was olympic gold medalist twice, in 2008 and 2012. thomas had an early success on the road at the 2004 paris–roubaix juniors and later had senior victories at the 2010 british national road race championships, the 2014 commonwealth games road race and his first classic, the 2015 e3 harelbeke. he has also had a number of stage race overall victories; including the 2011 and 2014 bayern-rundfahrt, the 2016 paris–nice, the 2017 tour of the alps and the 2018 critérium du dauphiné.