Leo Hayter has put his cycling career "on pause" in order to deal with his mental health struggles, he revealed on Friday afternoon.
The Ineos Grenadiers rider, a former winner of the Baby Giro and Liège-Bastogne-Liège Under-23, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that it was "unlikely" he would return to professional cycling this year, and that it was "not realistic" to continue with Ineos.
