Former British national road race champion Adam Blythe has announced his retirement from professional cycling at the age of 30. Bryce spent his final season in 2019 with Lotto Soudal.

"Time to hang up my wheels as a professional bike racer," Blythe wrote on his Instagram.

"Bikes have been my everything since I was young. Racing around the country with friends I can still race with, riding Grand Tours, and winning my home classic race, Ride London. I grew up in the sport and have had several journeys to get to where I am today. I have many stories to tell and many good memories."

Bryce studied at the British Cycling Academy, but struggled with the regimental nature of the organization and moved to Belgium to pursue his dream of becoming an elite cyclist with the help of the Dave Rayner Foundation.

The Omega Pharma-Lotto team, led by Mark Serge, brought Bryce in first as a stagiaire and then on a two-year contract. He brought a strong lead-out to the road and a strong personality to the table, quickly establishing himself as one of Philippe Gilbert's most trusted riders in the Spring Classic.

In 2012, Bryce followed Gilbert to BMC Racing, but the English rider struggled within the team and left before his contract expired; in 2014 he won the Ride London Classic with NFTO. This led to a return to the World Tour with Orica GreenEdge, where he teamed up with Caleb Yuan for the first time.

However, Bryce moved back after just one year with the Australian team and headed to Tinkoff for 2016; despite winning the national road title in 2016, the team disbanded at the end of that year and Bryce joined the then emerging Pro Continental team After being picked up by Aquablue Sports, which was emerging as a professional continental team at the time, he was forced to find another team.

Bryce more than held his own in the elite races he participated in during his time with the Irish team, but faced the threat of retirement when the sponsor withdrew for the 2018 season.

His relationship with Euan remained good, and the Australian helped Bryce secure a year at Lotto Soudal, but with only 33 days of racing this year, Bryce increased his media work (he is a part-time critic for Eurosport), Rider felt it was the right time to step aside.

"I've seen the sport change so much in the last decade, and I've seen the sacrifices that professionals have to make to keep competing at the top level become increasingly greater," Bryce said. Given this, it is time for me to step away from racing and focus on what else I can do in the sport while spending more time with my beautiful wife and three children."

"I love cycling and can't imagine not being a part of this sport in some way. See you soon.