{"id":59126,"date":"2025-08-11T04:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59126\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T04:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:09:07","slug":"the-perfect-moment-to-say-enough-rafal-majka-talks-retirements-after-final-tour-de-pologne-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59126\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe perfect moment to say enough\u201d \u2013 Rafal Majka talks retirements after final Tour de Pologne appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rafa\u0142 Majka closed out the 2025 Tour de Pologne<\/a> with 16th
\nplace in the final day\u2019s individual time trial, securing eighth overall in the
\ngeneral classification and winning the ORLEN VITAY Best Polish Rider Prime. For
\nthe UAE Team Emirates – XRG<\/a> veteran, the home race was about more than results,
\nit was part of a carefully chosen farewell season after two decades at the top
\nof the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a beautiful race and I\u2019m happy we could win it as a
\nteam,\u201d Majka said, referring to Brandon McNulty\u2019s overall victory, sealed in
\nthe same time trial that brought the race to a close. \u201cFor the past two years,
\nI\u2019ve known that this season would be my last \u2013 I wanted to finish my career at
\nthe top, still in great form. For me, health and family are the most important,
\nand this is the perfect moment to say \u2018enough.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2025 edition of Poland\u2019s biggest cycling event proved a
\nfitting stage for Majka\u2019s final Tour de Pologne appearance. Over the week, he
\nrode consistently in support of UAE Team Emirates\u2019 GC ambitions, while also
\ndefending his position as the top Polish finisher. His eighth place overall
\nmeant he was the only home rider inside the top ten, finishing ahead of
\nnational teammates and younger rivals.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cI will still compete in a few more races before the end of
\nthe year, and then I\u2019ll take a holiday and a break from cycling,\u201d he confirmed.
\n\u201cI hope that in the future a strong Polish team will be created, because we
\nhave the potential and many talented young riders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rafa\u0142 Majka closed out the 2025 Tour de Pologne with 16th place in the final day\u2019s individual time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-59126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}