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Sonny Colbrelli has announced his retirement, revealing the emotions he has faced since suffering an unstable cardiac arrhythmia at the Volta a Catalunya in March, but also his desire to start a new chapter of his life.
“New challenges await me, and with courage, I prepare to face them with a smile on my face. Continue to rejoice in every ride I will do, even if only for fun and no longer for competition,” Colbrelli said in his official announcement published by his Bahrain Victorious team on Sunday.
“A year ago in this period, I spent my days celebrating the most important victory of my career, Paris-Roubaix. I never thought I would find myself a year later to face one of the most challenging moments that life has put me in front of,”
“But it’s my life that I want to be grateful for, a life I risked losing and which gave me a second chance. That of being here today, to remember that I came out of the Hell of the North as a winner, and I did it in a legendary way, which will remain in history and that I will be able to continue to tell my children. It is to them, my family and all the people closest to me that I owe this new life of mine.
“From them, I am drawing the strength to accept this moment of my sporting career that sees me here today to give up being able to add to my Palmares a victory in a Grand Tour or Flanders, a lifelong dream.”
Colbrelli admitted to friends and former colleagues at the recent end of season races in the Veneto that he has reached a decision on his future. A formal announcement was planned for November 15 but La Gazzetta dello Sport revealed his plans on Saturday and so Colbrelli confirmed his decision to end his professional career.
Sonny Colbrelli has announced his retirement, revealing the emotions he has faced since suffering an unstable cardiac arrhythmia at the Volta a Catalunya in March, but also his desire to start a new chapter of his life.
“New challenges await me, and with courage, I prepare to face them with a smile on my face. Continue to rejoice in every ride I will do, even if only for fun and no longer for competition,” Colbrelli said in his official announcement published by his Bahrain Victorious team on Sunday.
“A year ago in this period, I spent my days celebrating the most important victory of my career, Paris-Roubaix. I never thought I would find myself a year later to face one of the most challenging moments that life has put me in front of,”
“But it’s my life that I…
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