The 34-year-old German tells VeloNews what led her to quit racing this year and what she’s planning on doing next.
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When Lisa Brennauer finished the final race of her career back at the European championships in August, she did it knowing that there was almost nothing she hadn’t achieved in her career.
The 34-year-old Ceratizit-WNT rider had won world titles in multiple disciplines, tasted gold on the track at the Olympics, and won a whole host of other events. Indeed, the only thing missing from her rich palmarès was a major classic, but that’s a sting that is quickly soothed by her other achievements.
With all of that behind her during a 15-year career, Brennauer was able to call time on her career with confidence that it was the right decision. However, it didn’t make it any easier when the final curtain did fall.
“I felt like I was open for a new step in my life and I started thinking, ‘OK, but this would also mean at the same time that I want to quit cycling.’ But of course, then there were the Olympics, you think in Olympic cycles a lot. I really think that the Olympics and the fact that I won gold there made the decision a bit easier because you I go with a feeling that I have achieved everything I […]
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