Today, 14th March 2017, English cycling champion Joanna Rowsell Shand announced her retirement from international cycling competition. 

In a successful 10 year career, Joanna claims that she has "achevied everything I've evever wanted to in Cycling" - with 5 world, 4 European, 2 Olympic gold and also won Commonwealth individual pursuit gold at Glasgow 2014

The 28-year-old has said that she will now focus on a coaching career and will be taking part in the L'Etape du Tour in July, an amateur race which covers the same route as one stage of the Tour de France.

Read more from Joanna on her website - 

https://www.joannarowsell.com/single-post/2017/03/14/Annoucement