¡Adiós!

[postmanhat]

Wouter Wippert retires at 29. Would be surprised if he was unable to find a contract somewhere, so maybe his decision?

 

[search]

Wouter Wippert retires at 29. Would be surprised if he was unable to find a contract somewhere, so maybe his decision?

not from what it sounds like on Twitter

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1192688023777009665

View: https://twitter.com/wouterwippert/status/1192688023777009665

 

[Scatto]

There's a guy who really benefited from riding in the same team as Boonen.

Niki Terpstra?

 

[Koronin]

Here is a link to Daniele Bennati's Instagram. It sounds like he is retiring.

http://instagr.am/p/B5BkXHKoRNT/ View: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5BkXHKoRNT/

 

[42x16ss]

Peter Stetina leaves WT to ride gravel etc. Glad there's another route available, as it were, for him. He wasn't quite good enough to win at the WT level (and had a bad, bad crash), but if he can put together a living off the road, chapeau!

To be fair, Stetina was becoming a bit of a super domestique before his crash. There were a number of occasions he was climbing almost as well as his team leads.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Here is a link to Daniele Bennati's Instagram. It sounds like he is retiring.

http://instagr.am/p/B5BkXHKoRNT/ View: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5BkXHKoRNT/

Yes he is. He wanted to stop after riding a gt in 2020, but his injury was too severe.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ciao Benna. Cycling will be less interesting without him, at least for the ladies

 

[tobydawq]

Cummings retires.

One of the riders I will miss the least.

 

[Breezy1985]

Cummings retires.

One of the riders I will miss the least.

Really really wanted to like him based on his interviews about being a local Liverpool lad who didn't like the BC/sky way but couldn't warm to him no matter how hard I tried

 

[Chris Gadsden]

Niki Terpstra?

Him too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Cummings retires.

One of the riders I will miss the least.

Can't say I'm too surprised. Gonna be a bit strange to not see him at the back of the peloton of every race he's in, though.

 

[tobydawq]

Can't say I'm too surprised. Gonna be a bit strange to not see him at the back of the peloton of every race he's in, though.

Well, technically, you would still see him at the back of the peloton of every race he's in...

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, technically, you would still see him at the back of the peloton of every race he's in...

Not on his bike.

 

[tobydawq]

Not on his bike.

Well, yes, because "every race he's in" is the equivalent of no races - an empty set.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, yes, because "every race he's in" is the equivalent of no races - an empty set.

And if I'd excluded the "he's in" bit, you'd have made some comment about how he wasn't at the back of the peloton in every race.

 

[tobydawq]

And if I'd excluded the "he's in" bit, you'd have made some comment about how he wasn't at the back of the peloton in every race.

I do find that quite likely, yes

 

[memyselfandI]

Sad day to see Stevo leave, but fine memories, such a racecraft there was.

 

[Simurgh]

Kristoffer Skjerping has also suffered the same fate as Wippert - retiring because no team offered him a contract

 

[Red Rick]

https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1721092874/boom-stopt-met-wielrennen-op-de-weg

Lars Boom to retire from road racing. Will start doing MTB marathons and beach races

 

[Wvv]

https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1721092874/boom-stopt-met-wielrennen-op-de-weg

Lars Boom to retire from road racing. Will start doing MTB marathons and beach races

His carreer has gotten pretty sad. Such a big talent back in the day.

 

[tobydawq]

Leopold König won't say goodbye to us but I guess we should say it to him.

What a strange story.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/konig-remains-an-enigma-to-end-of-bora-hansgrohe-tenure/?fbclid=IwAR3eBmYqL1NIO9x4ONHE-EonUtJb8MtcS_vdAxD-UxsbvFZ7K4v7Lu7rB1o

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Connor Dunne will have had little difficulty reaching the hook on which he is hanging up his wheels.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1211708846219157505

View: https://twitter.com/conordunnealot/status/1211708846219157505

 

[Breezy1985]

Connor Dunne will have had little difficulty reaching the hook on which he is hanging up his wheels.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1211708846219157505

View: https://twitter.com/conordunnealot/status/1211708846219157505

Would be great to see him get a Flecha style job on Eurosport

 

[RedheadDane]

Just an example of how severe concussions can be; Troels Vinther has been forced to retire after getting a concussion… in March last year.

'I still have symptoms every day': Danish pro retires nine months after concussion sustained in crash - Cycling Weekly

The former Saxo-Tinkoff rider crashed in March last year which has forced him off the bike for good

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Slightly off topic, because this thread is about retirement rather than ex-pros cropping up in unexpected places. But:

Matt Cronshaw, ex Madison Genesis and other CT teams, and now team manager at Ribble, is one of the competitors on The Great Pottery Showdown on Channel 4 (UK)