Gavin Mannion completes 'wild ride' as pro after 12 seasons

Gavin Mannion rode his final pro season in 2022 with Human Powered Health
Gavin Mannion rode his final pro season in 2022 with Human Powered Health (Image credit: Oskar Scarsbrook / Human Powered Health)

After 12 full seasons as a professional, US climber Gavin Mannion called it a career this week and will not pursue a contract to continue road racing. He became a fixture at the front of the peloton with the UnitedHealthcare squad in 2017 and 2018 in his mid-20s, then was one of the leaders on the Human Powered Health organisation for the last four seasons.

“It still sounds strange saying it, ‘retired’,” Mannion, now 31 years old, told Cyclingnews this week.

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Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).