Cycling professional André Greipel will quit and end his successful career in 2021.
“Tomorrow will definitely be my last stage in the Tour de France, and after 2021 I'll be leaving.
Then a new chapter in my life will begin, ”said Greipel on Saturday, one day after his 39th birthday, in a video message from his Israel Start-Up Nation team.
Actually, the Rostock still has a contract until the end of next year.
The final of the Tour de France this Sunday on the Paris Champs-Élysées will be his last major appearance.
In total, he was on the tour eleven times.
Whether he can get his twelfth stage win seems very questionable in view of the superiority and the team support for the British series winner Mark Cavendish.
“I am super happy with what I have achieved in my career.
I look forward to the future with great joy because now I can do what I want and can spend a lot of time with my family, ”said Greipel, who looks after his family, his coaches, teammates and all those who support him long career, thanked: “Without her I would not have achieved what I did.
I hope that I can stay connected to cycling. "
Greipel had surprisingly been nominated for this year's Tour de France, actually he had already "finished" the tour after his tenth participation last year. Then he delivered three places in the top ten in the mass sprints.