'I'm no longer tired enough to go to sleep at night': Yoann Offredo opens up about depression following retirement

The Frenchman has opened up about his struggles after being forced to retire due to injury

Yoann Offredo during coronavirus lockdown (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images)

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Yoann Offredo has revealed he's in "a bit of a depressive moment" as he adapts to life after professional cycling.

The Frenchman is contracted to Circus - Wanty Gobert until the end of the season but hasn't raced since Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in February, before the coronavirus lockdown.

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Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.