Zandio says 2016 will be his final season
2016 will be Xabier Zandio’s 16th and final season as a professional cyclist. The Spaniard toyed with the idea of hanging up his wheels at the end of this season but has signed a one-year contract extension with Team Sky.
“I started the year with some doubts, not knowing how it was going to go, but in the first races of the year I felt good, motivated, and I decided to continue for another year. It’s an awesome team both on a sporting and human level so I’m made up to be extending," said the 38-year-old, according to Biciciclismo.
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“It will be my last year – I’m very sure of that. I’m convinced. I think it will be time. Maybe more because of the psychological side of things than the physical. It’s a long time, I’m knocking on the door of my 40s and in truth I don’t see myself racing as a 40-year-old. I have an urge to lead another sort of life and be with my family. In principle I don’t have any real inclination to stay chained to cycling. Changing appeals to me."
Zandio has a wife and two young children. After spending 10 years under Eusebio Unzué’s Spanish team currently known as Movistar, he has been with Sky for five years and has outlined his ambition to ride a Grand Tour in his final season after not riding any this year.
— Jussi Veikkanen (@jussiveikkanen) September 29, 2015
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