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Jayco-AlUla founder Gerry Ryan says 2027 will likely be his last season

Jayco-AlUla founder Gerry Ryan says 2027 will likely be his last season

The Australian businessman has been a major financier of cycling for decades but now in his mid-70s he is making plans to wind down his involvement in the team he founded in 2012.

Kristof Ramon, Cor Vos

Australia’s sole WorldTour team, Jayco-AlUla and its women's Liv-AlUla-Jayco counterpart, is actively looking for new investment and partners to replace the money provided by its founder Gerry Ryan who has admitted that he is likely to step back from the sport in 18 months time.

Speaking to the Stanley Street Social podcast, Ryan said that the 2027 season was probably going to be his last year involved in professional cycling, 16 years after he created the team in 2012.

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