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In 2022, 2023 and 2024 he continued racing but without exception only found contracts from February onwards. That showed clear motivation to continue racing, despite having the odds stacked up against him in a peloton where young talents are now often the priority. The veteran continued racing but decided to end his career on his own terms at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n
A stronger Pozzovivo?\u00a0<\/p>\n
But that didn’t mean he got off the bike. In fact the polar opposite can be said, as not only he continued, but he has also improved: \u201cI\u2019ve kept training all the while, and my performance levels have remained very high. In some respects, my numbers were surpassing what they were when I was still racing, so I said to myself, why not?\u201d<\/p>\n
But he is doing so in a way that is completely different. He is not only a coach but is also studying nutrition and combining both with occasional commentary work in Switzerland. The full package, Pozzovivo is in fact a part-time professional cyclist one could say, but one that remains so motivated that the obstacles don’t prevent him from doing so.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I\u2019ve studied over the last year-and-a-half has certainly contributed. I\u2019ve got my weight management under control, because before that was maybe a bit of an obsession that led me to make errors that ultimately hindered my performance in training and racing”.<\/p>\n
Aside from the nutrition aspect, he also changed how he takes on training, balancing his life better which ultimately was a requirement for him to return: \u201cOn top of that, I\u2019m managing to do less quantity but more quality in training. Before I did too much altitude and too many training camps, so I was always away from home. Now, because I\u2019m understandably at home more with my family, I found that it wasn\u2019t necessary to do all those altitude camps. After stopping, I realised that there was maybe a middle ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Domenico Pozzovivo at the start of the 2026 Tour of the Alps<\/p>\n
Racing, commenting the Tour de France and more\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pozzovivo hence is in an unique position, but due to his history, prestige and also quality on the bike – he was also often gathering KOM’s in the Alps after retirement – he found a perfect collaboration with the Italian ProTeam, which can deliver a high-quality calendar, whilst simultaneously protecting him from the extreme demands and pressure of racing in the World Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to strike a balance between family life and the experiences I\u2019m gaining in things like race commentary. I\u2019m curious to see if the fitness levels I have now can get me back in the game at a high level despite my age, which would normally be a factor working against that.\u201d<\/p>\n