Su CyclingNews la notizia del ritiro.
Casagrande ha corso ieri la sua ultima gara da Pro, il Giro di Toscana.
Avrebbe dovuto smettere dopo il giro ma la Naturino, squadra per la quale corre quest'anno, non è stata invitata, e lui ha deciso per il ritiro.
Casagrande stops
Francesco Casagrande has decided to call it a day. The Italian has participated in his last race as a professional cyclist on Sunday, namely in the Giro di Toscana. Initially, it was planned for the 34 year-old Naturino-Sapore di Mare rider to be the team's captain at the Giro d'Italia, but as the Professional Continental Team was not given a wildcard by the event organiser RCS, Casagrande now opted for retirement.
The Italian is leaving a beautiful palmarès behind: a Clasica San Sebastian double, Tour de Suisse, Flèche Wallonne, three Giro d'Italia stages as well as a handful of Italian one-day races. In 1999 however, he was suspended for five months for testing positive for a banned substance.
Casagrande ha corso ieri la sua ultima gara da Pro, il Giro di Toscana.
Avrebbe dovuto smettere dopo il giro ma la Naturino, squadra per la quale corre quest'anno, non è stata invitata, e lui ha deciso per il ritiro.
Casagrande stops
Francesco Casagrande has decided to call it a day. The Italian has participated in his last race as a professional cyclist on Sunday, namely in the Giro di Toscana. Initially, it was planned for the 34 year-old Naturino-Sapore di Mare rider to be the team's captain at the Giro d'Italia, but as the Professional Continental Team was not given a wildcard by the event organiser RCS, Casagrande now opted for retirement.
The Italian is leaving a beautiful palmarès behind: a Clasica San Sebastian double, Tour de Suisse, Flèche Wallonne, three Giro d'Italia stages as well as a handful of Italian one-day races. In 1999 however, he was suspended for five months for testing positive for a banned substance.