Europcar’s David Veilleux. Photo: Jeff Pachoud / AFP
David Veilleux has announced that he will retire from professonal cycling after the Grand Prix de Montréal at the weekend.
The Team Europcar rider’s surprise decision comes at the end of a fine 2013 season that saw him win a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné and become the first Quebecois to ride the Tour de France.
Still only 25 years of age, Veilleux explained that he has fulfilled his ambitions as a rider and that he is now retiring in order to complete a diploma in mechanical engineering at the Université Laval in Quebec.
“Today I am announcing that the Grand Prix races in Quebec and Montreal will be my last competitions as a professional cyclist,” Veilleux wrote in a letter published by tvasports.ca.
“I’ve taken the decision to end my career with the aim of pursuing my studies full-time and getting my diploma in mechanical engineering at the Université Laval in two years’ time.” – Cyclingnews
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