Rohan Dennis – Jumbo-Visma rider set to retire after 2023 cycling season: ‘Forever grateful’

Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma) has announced he will retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2023 season.

The Australian is part of an exclusive club to wear the leader’s jersey at the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and La Vuelta, while he also boasts stage victories at all three Grand Tours.

In his pomp, Dennis was unstoppable against the clock. He won back-to-back time trial golds at the Road World Championships in 2018 and 2019, while he returned to form at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 to take a brilliant bronze.

“Cycling, you have given me a lot and I’ll be forever grateful. It is still a long season ahead however it will definitely be my last as a professional,” Dennis wrote on Instagram.

While his own GC ambitions failed to materialise at Grand Tours, he played a starring role as super domestique at Ineos Grenadiers as he helped launch Tao Geoghegan Hart to the Giro in 2020.

Dennis’ prowess extended to the velodrome, where he won silver in the team pursuit at the London Olympics in 2012. He also won two world team pursuit titles and briefly held the Hour Record in 2015.

The 32-year-old has previously stated his desire to have a final crack at the world time trial title.

Dennis already boasts one win in 2023, taking Stage 2 at the Tour Down Under.

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