{"id":223869,"date":"2025-06-29T11:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223869\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T11:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:29:11","slug":"sad-news-from-france-27-year-old-cyclist-forced-to-end-career-i-had-no-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223869\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad news from France: 27-year-old cyclist forced to end career: “I had no choice”"},"content":{"rendered":"

While most teams are busy finalizing their Tour selection<\/a>, Cofidis<\/a> had less cheerful news to report on Friday. Eddy Fin\u00e9, the 27-year-old Frenchman riding for the French team, has been forced to end his professional career. Cofidis and Fin\u00e9 provided additional details.<\/b><\/p>\n

Fin\u00e9 joined Cofidis in mid-2019 via Charvieu Chavagneux Is\u00e8re Cyclisme, a French Continental team, and VC Villefranche Beaujolais, another French Continental team. He remained loyal to the French team for six years until he was forced to hang up his bike in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn consultation with the team’s medical staff, Eddy has made the difficult decision to end his sporting career,\u201d reads a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe rider is struggling with an abnormality in the iliac artery, a problem that is incompatible with top-level sport. Eddy had worked hard to return to competition after undergoing three operations since joining the team in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire team would like to thank him for his dedication and wish him all the best for the future,\u201d the team continued. “He has a smile, a talent for motivation, and is a great teammate. Eddy has been a key figure on the Cofidis team for six seasons. Over the years, he has developed into a brave teammate who strives to give his best for the team in every race.<\/p>\n

Read more below the photo!<\/p>\n

\"cofidis\"\/“No one wants to end their career like this,” said Fin\u00e9 after being forced to retire from cycling<\/p>\n

A problem with the iliac artery is therefore to blame. The Frenchman has already undergone several operations for this. \u201cWith repeated exertion, the artery becomes blocked, and residue builds up, leading to endofibrosis,\u201d he explains. More operations followed but to no avail. \u201cI had been struggling for a while, and we had made use of all options. I had no choice; I was forced to stop racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, it’s painful; no one wants to end their career like this,\u201d the Frenchman continues. “I will be eternally grateful to this team, the only one I have ever known at a professional level. Ending your sporting career in this way is inevitably very painful. It was a forced decision, but I knew I had no other choice. It was a difficult time to get through. After that, there was inevitably a lot of frustration. I said goodbye to the team where I spent six years of my life.”<\/p>\n

Fin\u00e9 rode Paris-Roubaix twice in his career and had his only Grand Tour in the 2021 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. Unfortunately, he never won a professional race, although he came very close in the 2024 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on, finishing in fourth place. Best of luck in the future, Eddy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While most teams are busy finalizing their Tour selection, Cofidis had less cheerful news to report on Friday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-223869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114766424663677345","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}