Tony Gallopin set to retire at the end of 2023 season

Tony Gallopin at the team presentation of the 2023 Tour de France
Tony Gallopin at the team presentation of the 2023 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Tony Gallopin will retire at the end of the 2023 season after a 16-year career in the professional peloton. Lidl-Trek made the announcement about the 35-year-old French rider on the first rest day of the 2023 Tour de France. 

Gallopin is currently racing in his 11th appearance at his home Grand Tour, helping his teammate Mads Pedersen to a victory on stage 8 in Limoges.

“Retirement was something I had in my mind already last winter. Everything was a bit harder in training. I didn’t make the decision then, but I started to think about it,” said Gallopin in a press release. “Then, after the Classics I made a lot of sacrifices and I saw that I can still physically be at a good level, but mentally it was really hard.

James Moultrie
News Writer

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.