Elia Viviani is calling it a career
Elia Viviani (Lotto) announced on Friday that he is retiring at the end of his sixteenth season as a professional bike racer.
The 36-year-old Italian was at one time one of the sport's premier sprinters, enjoying his greatest successes with Sky and then the Quick-Step organization in the later 2010s. He compiled a total of nine Grand Tour stage wins over the course of his career, including a Tour de France stage win in 2019 ahead of Alexander Kristoff, who is also retiring this year. Viviani was a force on the track too, winning two world titles in the elimination race and a gold medal in the omnium at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Viviani will race the upcoming Giro del Veneto as well as Track Worlds before he rides off into the sunset.
"2010-2025 was an amazing 16 years, flew by, but I had fun and accomplished everything I wanted," Viviani wrote on social media.
