Alex Dowsett announces retirement from pro road cycling - “My future is still going to be on two wheels"
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Alex Dowsett will be retiring from professional road racing. The 33-year old has made the announcement on his Youtube channel, with Israel - Premier Tech simultaneously announcing it on their social media.
“I’m going to step out of the WorldTour, well step out of pro cycling, from now," the Briton has stated. "I understand a couple of months ago I said I wanted a couple more years. It’s worth talking about what’s changed since then". He explained how he had started the year with the goal of improving on his best level and achieving something greater than he has over his career, but has slowly began accepting his achievements, and gradually accepted the idea of a retirement.
"I feel it’s a very nice point to stop this chapter of my life and move forwards. I’m grateful I get to bring this to a close on my terms, it's my decision, nothing has been forced," he said. “Early in the year my manager and I tested the water with a future in pro-cycling, another couple of years, but when it was clear it was going to be another waiting game. I said to my manager lets just stop looking. I want to move on from this. I think since making that call I've become more and more excited about the future," Dowsett explained.
Having emerged as a talented time-trialist in the early 2010's, he has turned into one of Great Britain's best specialists over the last decade, taking six national titles on the individual time-trial, aswell as two wins at the Giro d'Italia, inbetween several others he's taken throughout his career. Over the last few years as a new generation emerged, he found himself with results below what he had reached in his peak, and decided it was the right time to move on.
His future is not yet decided, with the possibility of gravel racing or a job in a World Tour structure such as Tom Dumoulin remaining as two cards on the table. “My future is still going to be on two wheels, this isn’t a retirement from cycling. This is a retirement from the WorldTour," he concluded.
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- I hope he rides a bitmij15-11-2026
- Greatest athlete this world has ever produced ! LOL ... you definitely are a comdian ! Cycling is so sprecialized and you think he's the greatest athlete ever ! Still laughing !frieders315-11-2026
- b.s. headline. Jonas wasn't told anything, it is just a pundit telling him what to do. the actual article is not even close to the insinuation of the headline.mij15-11-2026
- I think Roglic could have beaten Sepp. not Jonas. I was referring to Sepp.mij15-11-2026
- I'm deeply sick of this guy and his unwillingness to race seriously for more than a month or two. I'll never respect riders who do that. Seixas will be stronger than him next season, and maybe Del Toro as well. I don't even think he'll finish on the podium at any GT where Pogi, Seixas, and Del Toro are racing.megasmacky15-11-2026
- Not a chance in hell.megasmacky15-11-2026
- If you go watch some races from last season other riders that have never caught Jonas...are now catching him. Some are just riding away from him and he can't hold the wheelmd197514-11-2026
- He just doesn't have the desire anymore. I read an article earlier today that said he almost retired last year. His reasoning was he is away from home to much. Visma was able to keep him riding by allowing him to skip certain camps. So, while currently Visma is doing altitude work...Jonas is at home. Which means 2 things. 1- He maybe fresher than other riders. But, not the condition. 2-Is a somewhat slap in the face to others on the team that are supposed to help him win. Yet feel like he hasn't done what they have so perhaps they don't provide as good of protection or they ride more for theme (which the team may not notice).md197514-11-2026
- Roglic could not have won anyway, after Jonas followed him when Roglic decided it was his turn for a stage win. Jonas had already attacked Kuss twice, so it was Jonas who was within seconds of taking the lead before Kuss was 'gifted' the win. It felt a bit like Roglic was being thrown under the bus when the team made his unhappiness public.Hills3314-11-2026
- POG1, another nice doc about our favourite, I watched most of it with a big smile on my face (except for the bits about his crashes 😢 obvs!).Lozza14-11-2026
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📰 News from @alexdowsett 2022 will be Alex's last season with IPT after 3 great years together, including his memorable #Giro win! Head over to Alex's YouTube to hear his plans: youtube.com/watch?v=vqLK2p… A big thank you, Alex. Congratulations on everything you have achieved 👏
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