BY CIARAN O’DONNELL
It wasn’t a decision he took lightly. For weeks, Philip Deignan tossed it over. And tossed it back.
Yet when he made his mind up that the time had come to retire as a professional cyclist, it all made sense. That it felt the right thing to do has made the thinking-long-and-hard process a whole lot easier for the Letterkenny rider.
“It was something I had been considering for the last three to four months. It was just the right time. I’m very happy I’ve made that decision now, and made it public,” he told the Donegal News.
During his 14 years at the business end, Philip has experienced the sky-scraping highs and loneliest of lows.
“To be honest, there have been more lows than highs. As a cyclist, you go through a lot of hard times with injury and lack of form.”
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