Tony Gallopin will retire at the end of the 2023 season after a 16-year career in the professional peloton. Lidl-Trek made the announcement about the 35-year-old French rider on the first rest day of the 2023 Tour de France.
Gallopin is currently racing in his 11th appearance at his home Grand Tour, helping his teammate Mads Pedersen to a victory on stage 8 in Limoges.
“Retirement was something I had in my mind already last winter. Everything was a bit harder in training. I didn’t make the decision then, but I started to think about it,” said Gallopin in a press release. “Then, after the Classics I made a lot of sacrifices and I saw that I can still physically be at a good level, but mentally it was really hard.
