{"id":752347,"date":"2026-06-22T06:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752347\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T06:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:49:09","slug":"campbell-stewart-announces-his-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752347\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbell Stewart announces his retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p-font\">\u201cAfter 15 years of racing bikes, the time has come for me to close this chapter and retire from professional cycling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-font\">\u201cFrom the track to the road, this sport has taken me places I could only dream of as a kid. I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to represent New Zealand at the Olympics, win a world championship, take home a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and race professionally on the road, along with so many other incredible moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-font\">\u201cThere are so many people to thank, but a special thank you to Cycling New Zealand and GreenEdge Cycling for the opportunities, support, and belief you&#8217;ve given me throughout my career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-font\">\u201cA very special thank you to Mike McRedmond. You&#8217;ve been there since the very beginning, providing guidance, support, and advice throughout my journey. Your belief in me, especially in the early years, helped shape the athlete and person I&#8217;ve become, and I&#8217;ll always be grateful for that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-font\">\u201cTo my coaches, teammates, staff, sponsors, friends, family, and fans \u2014 thank you for everything. I couldn&#8217;t have done it without you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-font\">\u201cI&#8217;m incredibly grateful for everything cycling has given me, and I&#8217;ll always carry it with me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-font\">\u201cHere&#8217;s to the next adventure &#8211; Campbell.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAfter 15 years of racing bikes, the time has come for me to close this chapter and retire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-752347","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\/752347","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=752347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}