'It’s been a wild ride' – Caleb Ewan announces immediate retirement from pro cycling
Shock announcement🅠 comes only months into new Ineos Grenadiers ඣcontract and return to winning ways

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Caleb Ewan is to retire, effective immediately, putting an end to his 11-year career just months after joining 168澳ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers on a last-minute contract.
Ewan and Ineos shared the n𒁃ews on Instagram on Tuesday morning, coming as a surprise to th🤡e cycling world.
Ewan has won twice so far this season, once at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Coppi e Bartali and once at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Itzulia Basque Countryღ in April – he won on stage 2 and did not start the third stage.
"After much thought, I've 🍰decided to retire from professional cycling, effective immediately," Ewan ཧwrote.
"This sport has been a major part of m꧑y life, shapi🅷ng my path and offering experiences I'll carry with me forever."
Ewan found himself without a contract at the end of 2024, after – it is understood – breaking his contract with Jayco AlUla, but failing to find a new team. He joined Ineos Grenadiers on a one-year contra𝓡ct at the end🐽 of January.
Despite finding success in Iꦗneos colours, Ewan explained that a turbulent two years have affected ♋his relationship with professional cycling.
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"For as long as I can remember, my world has revolved around racing. The intense routine, the sacrifice, the search for🥂 constant improvement, the hunger to win - it's been my r✨hythm, by identity, but what once felt like everything to me no longer does," he said.
"The truth is that even when I crossed the line first, that feeling –꧃ the one you chase for years – faded quicker than it used to. My experiences of the past two seasons, in particular the second half of 2024, has taken a significant toll on my relationships with the sport."
"I'm happy I didn’t let that period define the end of my career and I am proud of what I achieved in a sꦗhort but successful time with the INEOS Grenadiers."
Ewan dedicated most of his gratitude to Ineos, with whom he seemed to rediscover some physical form, ღif not mental happiness, after a tumultuous time, including a wജinless end to his career at Lotto and a difficult year at Jayco AlUla.
"The last few years haven’t been easy but in 2025 I found something again — not just legs, but belief — thanks to the INEOS Grenadiers," he said. "They gave me space, ไtrust, and the environment to rediscover what I am capable of. I won again. I felt like myself again and I fel🦩t respected again. For that, I can’t thank them enough.
Ewan turned professional with Orica GreenEDGE ✤in 2014 after coming up through their Jayco-AIS development path and riding as a stagiaire for the WorldTour team in 2014. He rode for the Australian squ🐬ad until the end of 2018, when he made a move to Lotto Soudal, where he would spend five seasons before a return to Jayco AlUla.
During his 11-year career, Ewan became one of the best sprinters in the peloton, winning five stages apiece at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia, one at the Vuelta a España, nine stages of his home tour the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour Down Under and countless one-day wins for a palmarès that tallies𝓰 65 wins and 12 Grand Tour starts.
He's a🔯lso a multiple-time national champion and has represented Australia twice at the Road World Championships.
Ewan's farewell statement included emotional thanks to various key figures in his career, including current and former teammates, his Australian national ꧑t♑eam, and his family.
"This journey hasn’t just been mine; it’s been ours," he said. "Your love, pati🍌ence and belief never wavered, even when things were hard. I couldn’t have done any of it without yဣou."
John Allert, CEO of Ineos Grenadiers, also paid tribute to the rider to whom his team gave a lifeline earlier this 🐭year.
"Thank you Caleb, on behalf of INEOS Grenadiers and everyone in our beauti🐠ful sport, for thrilling us with your unique and explosive brand of racing," he said. "You leave the sport with our respect and best wishes, and as a winner - in every sense of the word."
Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, inc🔴luding the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience ܫand expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.
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