Giorgia Bronzini to retire after 2016 World Championships

Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle-Honda) has decided to hang up her wheels following the 2016 World Championships in Qatar. The two-time world champion, who will be just 33 next October, says she wants to quit while she’s ahead. Bronzini has no concrete plans following her retirement but is keen to stay in cycling, with the idea of coaching or even perhaps acting as a directeur sportif in the future.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.