CyclistAnna van der Breggen to return to racing in 2025The legendary Anna van der Breggen will return to professional racing in 2025, as she returns to SD Worx-Protime on a two-year contract. Van der Breggen, who retired at the end of 2021, had worked as a directeur sportif for the squad since hanging up her cleats in 2021.In an announcement on the teams social media, she said, Motivation is completely back after three years. Its an exciting decision. If I didnt feel the motivation, I would never be able to do this. I am excited to come back. To suffer on the bike again and to race with the team again. I realise now how much I love the game, the sport and the competition. In any case, for me it is a privilege to be a cyclist again soon in 2025. Related Posts Pro race history: Anna van der Breggen wins a rain-soaked Strade Bianche in 2018 Tour de France Femmes 2024 route announced ft. Alpe dHuez and a mini Monument Cyclists 31 Inspirational Women No14: Anna van der Breggen Is Anna van der Breggen unstoppable? Anna van der Breggen working as a DS during Itzulia Women in 2022Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images34-year-old Van der Breggen was a monumental figure in the peloton before her first retirement; Olympic, World, European and National titles galore as one of the greatest riders ever. She won gold in the road race at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and secured double rainbow bands in road and time-trialling at the 2020 World Championships.She became Queen of the Ardennes in 2017 as the first woman to complete the Ardennes Triple winning the Amstel Gold Race, La Flche Wallonne and Lige-Bastogne-Lige in the same season. She was utterly dominant at La Flche Wallonne, winning seven consecutive times from 2015 to 2021.Anna van der Breggen wins the 2021 Giro dItalia WomenLuc Claessen/Getty ImagesVan der Breggen did it all, including four editions of the womens Giro dItalia, but she retired before the first Tour de France Femmes. With SD Worx-Protimes star rider and Van der Breggens protg Demi Vollering set to leave the team at the end of this season, Van der Breggen could slot straight back in at the top of the teams pecking order and be competing against Vollering at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes. Related Posts Pro race history: Anna van der Breggen wins a rain-soaked Strade Bianche in 2018 Tour de France Femmes 2024 route announced ft. Alpe dHuez and a mini Monument Cyclists 31 Inspirational Women No14: Anna van der Breggen Is Anna van der Breggen unstoppable? The post Anna van der Breggen to return to racing in 2025 appeared first on Cyclist.