Yes... back injury

I understand that she can have an operation but there is only a 50/50 chance that she will get a good result and the result will not be good enough to allow her to race...

I only hope she can still do her women and children SUB-rides

Must be devastating to not be able to do something that was so much your life. But she has good support in her partner, and she has the business she is going to put more energy into.

But gutting for other Ulmer fans too I assume - not just me - there was always the hope she might come back to it and compete or bike right through her life like Watson and some of the other great NZ cyclists.