For three seasons now, Victor Lafay (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) has gone through all emotions! Winner on the roads of Tour de France In 2023, the Frenchman has been chaining the galleys since and has not managed to raise his arms since. With a recurring injury on the knee and an imminent end of contract with his team, the 29 -year -old punctuating question his future and clearly plans to end his career at the end of the season.
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Victor Lafay, retired at 29?
Questioned by the British journalist Daniel Benson Before the fourth stage of Tour of Britainthe stage winner on the Italian Tour and on the Tour de France explained “Do not be sure to run next year”. His final decision should arise in the coming weeks but, with the diseases and injuries he has been chaining for two seasons, it is very possible that Lyonnais will not be present in the platoons in 2026.
? Victor Lafay: I’m not sure if I’ll race again next year ??
The Frenchman’s career has been ravaged by illness and injury over the last two years and he’s ‘happy to stop’ and find a life outside of cyclinghttps://t.co/cnzwzioB0m
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“They had a lot of ups and downs there, explained Victor Lafay. Last year, I injured myself in the left knee in January, after changing my team. It was difficult to start a new season with a new team and be injured. I hoped that 2025 would be a happy new year, but I started to be sick in January and February. I do not know yet for 2026. I do not know if I will resume the competition next year. I have not yet decided, but these two years have given me a lot of time to think about what I would do after the bike, and I think I can stop now. I am 29 years old, not 19 like these young people. Cycling has changed a lot in recent years. I have done this all my life since the age of five, and there is something else to do. We risk his life by cycling. “
