At age of 36 can you still compete in road cycling on professional level ? ?

Question

At age of 36 can you still compete in road cycling on professional level ? ?

Answer 1

Yes you can.With a lot of practice you can compete with everyone.

Cycling is a beautiful sport.Age is not that important.

Answer 2

You can still compete but realistically you won't be winning races against guys in their twenties so the question would be one of motivation- you'd be cycling without any expectation of winning and personally I would find it difficult to motivate myself to do that.

Answer 3

yes, there isnt an age limit and generally there are companies sponsoring all age groups.  at 42 you can race master's, and it would be simply a matter of being good enough to be noticed by a team.

Answer 4

There are quite a few pros that age and older.    

Answer 5

Compete?  Yes.  Win?  No.

George Hincapie turned 35 this summer.  Did you see him win any stages of the Tour?

Don't get me wrong; he's a great competitor, and you could be too, but if you are talking about just starting as a pro at age 36 then forget it.  Y.A. Tittle quarterbacked in the NFL into his early 40's, but he began in his 20's.

If you take this response as a Rocky challenge and kick butt into your 40's then I'm a Richard-cranium and good for you!

Answer 6

The 2008 Olympics has a few gals in mid 30's, and one noted was 49 years old. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli from France.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_at_...

One of my favorites Erik Zabel is about 38 I believe, he did pretty well during the TdF this year I remember.