'A wild ride': Aussie sprint ace Ewan stuns cycling world with retirement

[ad_1] Australian biking star Caleb Ewan has retired from the game, efficient instantly, just a few months after becoming a member of a brand new skilled crew.

Ewan delivered his bombshell choice on social media, saying occasions prior to now two years — particularly round his messy exit from high Australian crew Jayco AlUla — had "taken a big toll on my relationship with the game".

The 30-year-old dash ace began this yr and not using a crew and it regarded as if his profession might finish prematurely.

However he joined high-profile British outfit INEOS Grenadiers and made a profitable return in late March, successful his first comeback race.

He then claimed a UCI World Tour-level win final month and seemed to be again on observe.

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Writing on X, Ewan described his profession as "a wild journey".

"The previous few years have not been straightforward, however in 2025 I discovered one thing once more — not simply legs, however perception — due to the INEOS Grenadiers," Ewan wrote.

"They gave me area, belief and the surroundings to rediscover what I'm able to. I received once more.

"However the fact is that even once I crossed the road first, that feeling — the one you chase for years — light faster than it used to.

"My experiences of the final seasons, particularly the second half of 2024, has taken a big toll on my relationship with the game. I am glad I did not let that interval outline the tip of my profession."

Ewan's woes may be traced again to 2021, when he was on the peak of his powers and certainly one of highway biking's premier sprinters.

He publicly declared his daring ambition that season to win phases in every of biking's Grand Excursions, and he was on observe, with two within the Giro d'Italia.

However Ewan crashed on the finish of stage 4 within the Tour de France and suffered a damaged collarbone that wanted surgical procedure.

Whereas he returned to racing a number of weeks later, he was by no means the identical rider.

He left Belgian crew Lotto Dstny in strained circumstances on the finish of 2023 and returned to Jayco AlUla, the place he began his skilled profession.

However that didn't go effectively and in early January it all of a sudden turned obvious that Ewan's profile had disappeared from the crew web site.

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By the tip of the month, he had signed with INEOS Grenadiers.

Ewan has had a wealthy biking profession, with 5 stage wins on the Tour de France and one other 5 on the Giro d'Italia.

He was additionally runner-up twice at Milano-Sanremo, certainly one of biking's 5 one-day monuments and a serious profession purpose that Ewan by no means fairly cracked.