Andréane Lanthier Nadeau has announced her retirement from professional mountain biking.
The 32-year-old Canadian has been competing at the pinnacle of Enduro racing since 2016, both as a privateer and as part of the Rocky Mountain/Race Face Enduro Team, but has decided to call time on her career three months before the start of the 2026 UCI Enduro World Cup season in Loudenvielle-Peyragudes (France).
In a post on her social channels, Lantheir Nadeau said:
Bye bye to the World Cup chasing years of my life. 10 years. I never would have thought. Wow. What a blessing, I have so much gratitude for this chapter of my life I got to write and live.
I’m proud of how I’ve carried myself; with authenticity, empathy, and passion. Podiums, losses, near-wins, that’s a small part of what living from my passion meant for me. So many people to thank.
Trying to be the best in the world is a dream life and it is also brutal. Somewhere along the way my self-worth got tied to my results and I want that to be different for me in the future. In the middle of the ‘25 season I truly felt a shift, I didn’t want things to be about my performance anymore; I no longer had that urge to be the absolute best. It takes that desire to compete at the top level. It feels good to step away when young Canadian enduro racers are out in full force. I believe in the beauty of the discipline and that it is here to stay.
After starting her career in cross-country Olympic (XCO), where she finished a career-highest 6th at the U23 UCI XCO World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne (Canada) during the 2012 season, she made the switch to Enduro in 2016.
The change was successful immediately, Lanthier Nadeau finishing on the podium (3rd) in her very first Enduro World Series race in La Thuile.
In 2019, she committed to her first full Enduro World Series (the precursor to the UCI Enduro World Cup) season, recording two second places and two third places to finish third in the overall.
While she couldn’t reach the same highs in the following years, she was a consistent top-10 finisher and came second in her last ever race – the 2025 Canadian National Enduro Championships.
We wish Andréane all the best in her retirement and hope to see her stay in the sport in one way or another in future years.
