Ted King has officially announced that he’ll retire from professional cycling at the end of the season.
“I’m grateful to spend my last pro season on an American team with Cannondale-Garmin,” King said in a press release we received here at Element.ly World Headquarters. “Across the board I’m extremely happy here—my teammates, the directors, sponsors, camaraderie, and obviously the fans are all greater than I could have expected.”
We are calling this an “early” retirement because we saw Mr. King in Napa over the weekend riding the Bottega Gran Fondo and he not only looked relaxed and fit, he also looked like a man with a fire in his belly.
“I’m more inspired to thrive in the peloton than ever before and finish the season in the greatest way possible,” King said.
We look forward to seeing what the rest of the season holds for Mr. King and what he gets up to with Krempels King of the Road Challenge and Untapped in the years to come. And we’re positive his “humbleness” will continue to bring him victory no matter where the road takes him.