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Juan Antonio Flecha to retire at the end of the season after 12-year professional career

Spanish rider Juan Antonio Flecha is to retire at the end of the season aged 35.

Last Updated: 07/10/13 11:26am

Juan Antonio Flecha flourished in the spring Classics
Juan Antonio Flecha flourished in the spring Classics

The 35-year-old Argentinian-born rider was set to become a free agent due to the folding of his Vacansoleil-DCM team and after offers elsewhere failed to materialise, he has decided to call time on a 12-year professional career.

He will race for the final time at the Tour of Beijing from October 11-15.

Flecha told the Spanish newspaper El Pais: "I cannot wait to finish that race in mid-October and go to Maui, Hawaii, with an open date on the return ticket

"I will swap the asphalt for the foam of the waves, the bike for the surfboard, and walk barefoot all day, and be free."

Flecha's biggest career win was on stage 12 of the 2003 Tour de France in Toulouse, but it was in the spring the Classics where he flourished and built a reputation as one of the most aggressive riders in the peloton.

He finished on the podium at Paris-Roubaix three times, claimed one podium apiece at the Tour of Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem, and won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2010.

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