Romain Bardet: One last ride 🇫🇷
Exclusive interview with the French star ahead of his final (half) season on the road
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We are kicking off the week with an exclusive interview with Romain Bardet. The Frenchman is retiring from the WorldTour this year, and we caught up with him at the Team Picnic PostNL training camp to talk about his final race programme and his legacy in the sport.
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In just over six months, Romain Bardet will call time on his career in the WorldTour.
After 14 years and a place in the history books as one of the peloton's most accomplished and well-respected riders, the Frenchman will end one chapter of his life and begin another.
At the Team Picnic PostNL training camp in Calpe, Spain, the 34-year-old was in a relaxed mood. He and his teammates had spent six hours in the saddle, testing their new Lapierre bikes and putting in the miles before the 2025 campaign.
For Bardet, that will officially start at the Volta ao Algarve in February before a whistle-stop tour of French races, followed by either Paris-Nice or Tirreno, the Tour of the Alps, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and the Giro d’Italia. The Frenchman’s final race on the road will be the Critérium du Dauhpiné in June before he puts away his road machine, takes a well-earned break, and then embarks on a more balanced lifestyle of gravel racing and family endeavours.