Romain Bardet acknowledges 2024 could be his final season before retirement

Romain Bardet
Romain Bardet (Image credit: Getty Images)

Romain Bardet has yet to decide if 2024 will be his final season as a professional cyclist. The Frenchman’s contract with DSM-Firmenich PostNL expires at the end of the year, but he has indicated that he will not make any decision on retirement until the summer.

“If I knew for sure, I'd say so. I'm thinking about it and that's healthy,” Bardet told L’Équipe. “I'm fully committed to the 2024 project and I'm giving myself until the middle of the year to see how I manage the sacrifices, the twenty or so days I'll have at home between January 1 and the end of May. What do I get in return from it? Do I feel alive?”

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.