The former Tour de France champion and double Olympic gold medallist has announced this will be his 19th and final year as a professional.

At 38, he's keeping his options open.

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15 Jul: A motorcyclist's been taken to hospital with serious injuries - after colliding with a car in Hamilton just before 7:30 this evening

14 Jul: Mountain biker Sammie Maxwell has ridden through the pain to clinch yet another cross-country World Cup victory

13 Jul: Jonathan Milan has sprinted to victory on stage eight of the Tour de France over a 171 kilometre flat track

12 Jul: Defending champion Tadej Pogacar Tadej Pogacar is back in the yellow jersey after winning stage seven of cycling's Tour de France

08 Jul: New Zealand's lone competitor in cycling's Tour de France has been involved in a crash late on stage three

08 Jul: Stage three on cycling's Tour de France has been a case study in delight and disappointment

07 Jul: The German Track Cycling Championships has been abandoned on its final day after two cyclists crashed into the crowd - injuring several spectators

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