Okay, one of my best friends, a German, sent this so if the English is not perfect…I will shoot him! heh heh heh
From the Munchen merkur (Munich newspaper)
"…I´ve had an unbelievable career, I´ve made more money than I had ever dreamed of – there´s no reason to prolong the career, said the 33-year-old.“ I know, my time is over. There will be a new face, a new name, a new story“.
Sports is for private fun now. Possibly he´ll do marathons or mountain bike races, not very probable is the Hawaii Ironman, “though I´ve thought about it”, he said.
His contact to race biking is the Discovery Channel Team, he owns parts of it. He will support team manager Johan Bruyneel. "I will not be his last Tour champion“, he said.
His new life has begun this week already in southern France. His program "Lying on the beach, eating loads, drinking wine, playing with the kids“. He wants to get used to slowness. His life as a race biker was pure stress, even more at the Tour. His goal fort he rest of his life: “50 years without stress”