Retirement Chronicles: When Philippa York met Ian Boswell

Ian Boswell (Team Sky) on his way to third place during stage 11 of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana.
Boswell at the 2015 Vuelta a Españ (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The third installment of our new mini-series, Retirement Chronicles sees Philippa York catch up with Ian Boswell to talk about his retirement from professional road cycling.

Boswell, 30, retired from road racing at the end of 2019 following a crash which caused him the sixth concussion of his career at Tirreno-Adriatico. In what was a contract year, he didn't race again for the folding Katusha team, and made the switch to gravel despite a contract offer from Rally Cycling.

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Philippa York

Philippa York is a long-standing Cyclingnews contributor who provides expert racing analysis. As a professional rider, she finished on the podium at the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España, as well as winning the mountains classification at the 1984 Tour de France.