2 weeks ago
Luke Rowe is to discontinue from master cycling a twelvemonth early astatine nan extremity of nan 2024 season, pursuing his latest injury.
The 34-year-old Welsh rider had a statement until nan extremity of 2025 but has confirmed this will beryllium his last play successful nan men's World Tour peloton.
Rowe has been pinch Ineos Grenadiers, formerly Team Sky, for nan past 12 years and has established himself arsenic 1 of nan starring super-domestiques successful cycling.
As good arsenic winning stages successful nan Classics, he has ridden successful 8 successive Tour de France races, helping Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal to victory.
“I’ve had an astonishing profession and I person perfectly nary regrets," he said.
"But nan past 18 months person been testing successful different ways and pinch this latest clang and resulting injury, it conscionable feels for illustration now is nan correct clip to front out, caput location to Wales and walk a spot much clip pinch my family.
“I’ve sewage truthful galore astonishing memories and person loved each portion of being a master cyclist.
"I’ve been incredibly fortunate to walk each 13 years arsenic a pro motorcycle rider pinch 1 team, and it’s been a squad who has supported maine 100% done nan bully times and nan bad."
Rowe is recovering from wounded successful a clang during a one-day title successful Belgium successful March that is apt to norm him retired of different Tour de France, though he is targeting nan Tour of Britain arsenic a last title to a sparkling career.
“I americium moving pinch nan squad and doctors to effort and get backmost connected nan bike, pinch nan Tour of Britain being my dream title to extremity on. It would beryllium beautiful typical to extremity my profession racing astir nan UK successful beforehand of location fans," Rowe said.
Rowe began his profession connected nan track, becoming a three-time British madison champion pinch 3 different team-mates earlier joining past Team Sky successful 2012.
Ineos Grenadiers main executive John Allert said: “Luke is simply a monolithic portion of what makes this squad truthful special. He has been present since nan early years and has played a immense portion successful our biggest wins and immoderate of nan astir iconic moments successful nan team’s history.
“Not only is Luke a fearless, gritty, powerhouse of a racer who tin publication and power a title for illustration fewer different riders, he’s a awesome characteristic and team-mate disconnected nan motorcycle too."
