Yaroslav Popovych will start the last race of his career at Paris-Roubaix. The veteran rider has announced that he will retire after Sunday's race. The Ukranian has had a long career in the professional peloton.

He turned professional in 2002 with Landbouwkrediet–Colnago, where he performed particularly well in the Giro d'Italia, finishing third in 2003. Upon joining Discovery Channel in 2005, his focus switched to the Tour de France, where he won the young riders' classification in 2005 and won stage 12 in 2006. When Discovery Channel folded at the end of 2007, Popovych moved to Silence–Lotto in 2008 and to Astana in 2009. Popovych also raced for Team RadioShack in 2010 and 2011. He also won the 2005 Volta a Catalunya but spent the final part of his career as a domestique.