Baptiste Planckaert comes full circle with return to Van Rysel Roubaix 🇧🇪
Veteran rider will retire at the end of 2025 but not before one final season of having fun
Baptiste Planckaert was on the cusp of retirement at the end of 2024.
The 36-year-old was contemplating a new chapter in his life after almost two decades in elite sport, but when Van Rysel Roubaix, a Continental team that Planckaert raced for back in 2010, offered him one last season in the pro ranks, the 36-year-old jumped at the chance.
Planckaert, who had spent the last four years at Intermarché - Wanty in the WorldTour, had no problem dropping down two divisions and into the Continental ranks. In fact, it was part of the attraction.
“Last year I was hesitating as to whether I wanted to conti…