With another road season in the books it’s time to look back at the riders who called it a career in 2016. This season has seen some notable riders decide to hang up their road racing wheels for good.
| Name | Age | Team |
| Marcel Aregger | 26 | IAM Cycling |
| Yanto Barker | 36 | ONE Pro Cycling |
| Jean-Marc Bideau | 32 | Fortuneo-Vital Concept |
| Jack Bobridge | 27 | Trek-Segafredo |
| Graeme Brown | 37 | Drapac |
| Fabian Cancellara | 35 | Trek-Segafredo |
| Sébastien Chavanel | 33 | FDJ |
| Jérôme Coppel | 30 | IAM Cycling |
| Tiziano Dell’Antonia | 33 | Androni Giocattoli |
| Marc De Maar | 32 | Roompot-Oranje |
| Boris Dron | 28 | Wanty-Groupe Gobert |
| Leonardo Duque | 36 | Delmo Marseille |
| Caleb Fairly | 29 | Giant-Alpecin |
| Pierrick Fedrigo | 37 | Fortuneo-Vital Concept |
| Murilo Fischer | 37 | FDJ |
| Linus Gerdemann | 34 | Stölting Service Group |
| Tomas Gil | 39 | Willier-Southeast |
| James Glasspool | 25 | Novo Nordisk |
| Matthew Goss | 29 | ONE Pro Cycling |
| Sander Helven | 26 | Topsport Vlaanderen |
| Ryder Hesjedal | 35 | Trek-Segafredo |
| Johnny Hoogerland | 33 | Roompot-Oranje |
| Yauheni Hutarovich | 32 | Fortuneo-Vital Concept |
| Bartosz Huzarski | 36 | Bora-Argon 18 |
| Grischa Janorschke | 29 | Team Roth |
| Cheng Ji | 29 | Giant-Alpecin |
| Carter Jones | 27 | Giant-Alpecin |
| Tomasz Kiendys | 39 | CCC Sprandi Polkowice |
| Christophe Laborie | 30 | Delko Marseille |
| Nicolas Lefrançois | 29 | Novo Nordisk |
| Christian Meier | 27 | Orica-BikeExchange |
| Travis Meyer | 27 | Drapac |
| Dominik Nerz | 27 | Bora-Argon 18 |
| Jean-Christophe Peraud | 39 | AG2R |
| Adam Phelan | 25 | Drapac |
| Yaroslav Popovych | 36 | Trek-Segafredo |
| Daniele Ratto | 27 | Androni Giocattoli |
| Kai Reus | 31 | Roompot-Oranje |
| Joaquim Rodriguez | 37 | Katusha |
| Michael Rogers | 36 | Tinkoff |
| Jesse Sergent | 28 | AG2R |
| Frank Schleck | 36 | Trek-Segafredo |
| Alexander Serov | 33 | Gazprom-RusVelo |
| Bernard Sulzberger | 33 | Drapac |
| Sylwester Szmyd | 38 | CCC Sprandi Polkowice |
| Maarten Tjallingii | 39 | LottoNL-Jumbo |
| Pablo Urtasun | 36 | Funvic Soul Cycles |
| Jef Van Meirhaeghe | 24 | Topsport Vlaanderen |
| Johan Vansummeren | 35 | AG2R |
| Tom Veelers | 32 | Giant-Alpecin |
| Peter Velits | 31 | BMC |
| Antonio Viola | 25 | Nippo-Vini Fantini |
| Joaquim Rodriguez | 37 | Katusha |
| Marcel Wyss | 30 | IAM Cycling |
| Xabier Zandio | 39 | Sky |
| Oliver Zaugg | 35 | IAM Cycling |
