Decorated German cyclist Lisa Brennauer has ended her sparkling professional cycling career on home soil at the European Championships in Munich on Sunday.
Brennauer called the timing of her retirement the “perfect ending” to a career that has spanned 14 years.
“I’m happy that I was able to choose the end of my career here in Munich, so close to home,” she told the media after finishing fourth place in the elite women’s road race won by Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes.
Brennauer announced earlier this month that she would hang up her wheels at the European Championships where she competed in the road and track cycling events.
In addition to finishing fourth in the road race, Brennauer finished 12th in the individual time trial for the road events.
On the track, Brennauer was part of the team that won the gold medal at in the Team Pursuit and she secured the silver medal in the Individual Pursuit, behind her compatriot Mieke Kröger.
“For me, it was definitely the perfect ending. Anyway, I’m happy that I was able to choose the end of my career myself, that it wasn’t imposed on me by anyone,” Brennauer said in an interview with German media outlet deutschlandfunk.
“And choosing this place here for the European Championships in Munich, in Bavaria, so close to my home, is something very special for me.”
Brennauer competed in her final road race of her career at the Tour de France Femmes with trade team Ceratizit-WNT in July.
She said that experiencing what it was like to race in the rebirth of the women’s stage race, after a 33-year absence, was special and marked a step forward in women’s cycling.
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