¡Adiós!

[Ricco']

Re: Re:

Not a very ninja way to announce his retirement.

I appreciate that he dressed a black shirt to appear in front of a black background, but it could have been better if he only released a statement on the dark web.


Zubeldia will be missed (for those who will remember that he retired), but we have another legend in the making with Louis Meintjes, who is going for the third GT top-10 without anyone noticing him.

Btw, another Euskaltel legend who is going away. With Samu retiring at the end of the year, the only ones left are Anton (who is not certain to continue also) and Nieve. Sadly, Landani came to proeminence only after leaving the carrots.

why will anton not continue?

Well, if he doesn't stay with Dimension Data I don't see many doors on the WT opening up for him and he said multiple times that in the absence of a WT ride, the retirement is a possibility. In the end of 2015 he considered that, before signing with DD.

WGG looking for a mentor/help for martin in the mountains, bet you Hilaire would be interested

His english is still very bad as it is (you only need to see his twitter), I'm not sure his french would be good enough to be the mentor/role model of Martin.

 

[gunara]

Probably not an end of an era - Landa and the Izagirres once rode with them, but an end of a memory chapter, I practically spent my early years watching cycling only to cheer for these guys, Haimar then Samu, Igor, Amets. Good old orange days, haven't missed it for quite awhile, but now I suddenly do...,

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Fabrice Jeandesboz calls it a day after this season. Sad to see such a fantastic rider stopping. What a way to start a week...

 

[Alexandre B.]

Arnold Jeannesson (31yo) will end his professional career at the end of the season.

He wore the white jersey in Le Tour for a couple of days in 2011.

 

[Frankschleck]

Re:

Arnold Jeannesson (31yo) will end his professional career at the end of the season.

He wore the white jersey in Le Tour for a couple of days in 2011.

sad, very good rider.

 

[gunara]

Re: Re:

Arnold Jeannesson (31yo) will end his professional career at the end of the season.

He wore the white jersey in Le Tour for a couple of days in 2011.

sad, very good rider.

Always thought the last two years have been a bonus considering how once it looked like. Wish him all the best for the next stage of life.

 

[Finn84]

Greg Henderson:
https://twitter.com/Greghenderson1/status/896850646254616578

 

[Lexman]

Vegard Breen to quit cycling at 27 years, will pick up his studies again, quotes a lack of motivation for ending his career

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170825_03034620

 

[TMP402]

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Vegard Breen to quit cycling at 27 years, will pick up his studies again, quotes a lack of motivation for ending his career

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170825_03034620

Sad!

 

[staubsauger]

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Vegard Breen to quit cycling at 27 years, will pick up his studies again, quotes a lack of motivation for ending his career

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170825_03034620

Sad!

Dunno. Whenever I see those guys making the decision to stop their pro cycling career at this age and concentrate on different things it makes me happy actually. It doesn't mean that their passion for cycling is dead as suggested often. It means that there is a pretty considerate young adult who decides to get a good job, to fulfill a good lifestyle in normal life before he chases a dream for another ~5 years and eventually ends up with missed opportunities in the land of nowhere. That's very good actually!

 

[RedheadDane]

Even if a rider has lost the passion for cycling, would that be so terrible? To me, what would be terrible would be if that rider just continued doing it, despite not really wanting to anymore.
Sometimes it's better to just walk away.

 

[TMP402]

Oh, I'm glad for the riders who can make the decision to do something else, I'm sad for them that cycling wasn't able to be what they wanted it to be when they were kids.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Andrew Talansky

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYqqUZSgxSx/

 

[telencefalus]

well i think that talanksy will be remember for winning dauphine ahead of peak contador in 2014

 

[fauniera]

Note to myself: Always log in. Always.

 

[telencefalus]

i see that talansky has a very nice wife and a baby born by few months , he knows that there are way more important things than cycling

 

[Nick C.]

Re:

i see that talansky has a very nice wife and a baby born by few months , he knows that there are way more important things than cycling

Do you think he earned enough to retire on?

 

[Frankschleck]

Re: Re:

i see that talansky has a very nice wife and a baby born by few months , he knows that there are way more important things than cycling

Do you think he earned enough to retire on?

He might have, he is an american, they usaully get higher wages because of marketing purposes, and he won some important races and top 10 in grand tours, maybe not enough to retire on, but i think he has the next 10 or so years sorted out.

 

[RedheadDane]

Maybe he's going to work with something else...

 

[Alexandre B.]

Tyler Farrar retires.

 

[RedheadDane]

Dunno why, but I'm pretty surprised/shocked by this. Though I guess things haven't really been going his way recently...

 

[Frankschleck]

Tyler farrar aswell, I am going to miss him, especially in his 2010-2011 form.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Christophe Premont, he said he got an opportunity he couldn't refuse from the University of Louvain.

 

[Amaru]

Re:

Tyler Farrar retires.

And apparently wants to become a fireman.

 

[Frankschleck]

Well someone has to write it. Adios quinzato