Serratigit-WNT Pro Cycling Team announced Wednesday that Olympic gold medalist, former time trial world champion, and multiple-time German national champion Lisa Brennauer will end her successful career in professional cycling.

The Tour de France Femme concludes her time with the Women's WorldTour team as Brennauer will race her final race with the national team at the European Championships in Munich.

The versatile 34-year-old has enjoyed success in both road and track racing, winning the time trial world title in 2014 and excelling in stage races, one-day events, and team time trials. Among her 58 victories are nine German titles on the road, world (2021) and European (2020) titles in mixed relay, three world titles in team time trial (2013-2015), an Olympic title in team pursuit on the track, and individual and European titles in Team Pursuit.

In addition to two wins at the Thuringian Ladies Tour, Boels Ladies Tour, Women's Tour, Festival Elsie Jacobs, and Challenge by La Vuelta, she recently won major one-day races such as Tour de Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem and the Ghent-Wevelgem.

Brenauer showed winning form this year, winning the German time trial title, but she said it was time to retire.

"I don't think there was a particular day that I suddenly wanted to stop cycling, but rather a process of thinking about my future and other plans in life over the past few years," Brenauer said in a team statement.

"Right now I feel like it's the right time for me.

"Munich is very close to my home in Bavaria and I have a lot of family and friends coming to see me. I thought it was the right race to end my career."

"I am very happy to be here.

Brennauer has spent most of her life racing. He began his career as a junior racer and won his first world championship title in the junior time trial in 2005 at the age of 17.

"I think the sport shaped me as a person. You are part of a team, you work as a team, and you learn how to achieve your goals together," Brennauer said. 'It also teaches you how to get through the downsides, not just as a cyclist, but in life in general, and how to get back to where you want to be. I think it shaped me as a person and I'm very grateful for that."

"There are so many great moments in my career that I can look back on fondly. Of course, my first win was a surprise when I became Junior World Champion in 2005. But looking back, there are a lot of great moments in my career that I can look back on.

"I want to thank everyone at Selatjeet WNT Pro Cycling for believing in me and giving me the freedom to pursue my dreams on the track alongside the road. I was already at a crossroads in my career before, but the team helped me find my love for cycling again." I am truly proud of the wonderful experiences we have shared together over the past few years.