Millar to call time on career after 2014 season

David Millar, the British cyclist and anti-doping campaigner, has announced that he will retire from racing at the end of the 2014 season.

Millar, who rides for Garmin-Sharp, has led a storied career that has seen him go from villain following his 2004 ban for taking EPO, to becoming in recent years an outspoken campaigner for eradicating doping from the sport.

Now aged 36, Millar's career highlights include four individual stage wins at the Tour de France over a span of 12 years. The most recent came in 2012, while he has also claimed five stages at the Vuelta a España and two at the Giro d'Italia, one coming in the team time trial in 2008.

Speaking to Dutch cycling magazine Wieler Revue, Millar said that he still felt strong but wanted to leave "at the top of the game."

He added: "I think my body is actually getting stronger, it is just that I don't want it or need it as much as I once did.

"It is a lot harder for me now and I want to be on top of my game next year. With the motivation of knowing it is my last year, I know I can get the best out of myself."

Millar's 2011 autobiography, Racing Through the Dark, has been described by Richard Williams of The Guardian as "one of the great first-person accounts of sporting experience".