Cycling news - Remco Evenepoel: Rising star signs five-year contract with Deceuninck-Quickstep
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ByEurosport
Updated 06/04/2021 at 15:00 GMT
Remco Evenepoel has signed a new long-term contract with Deceuninck-Quickstep. The team CEO Patrick Lefevere said: “It’s an important step for the future, for the team. Everybody knows what Remco is capable of and how talented he is." The 21-year-old already has 14 professional victories to his name.
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Remco Evenepoel has signed a five-year contract extension with Deceuninck-Quickstep.
The only rider to have a deal that long is Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar at UAE Team Emirates.
"I feel really honoured to put pen to paper for the next five years," Evenepoel said in a team press release.
"As Patrick told me, this is the longest agreement he has ever signed with a rider. I'm really proud and happy to stay in this wonderful team, where I have already enjoyed a lot of success, and hopefully we can reach our big dreams.
I love it here! The environment, the staff, the riders, everything feels so familiar. For me it's just a dream, again, that comes true. That's why I feel really, really happy and excited for what the future holds.
In the Belgian's debut professional season aged 19, two years ago, he won the Baloise Belgium Tour, the European time trial title and the Clasica San Sébastian.
Despite the cycling calendar being heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Evenepoel still won the Vuelta a San Juan, Volta ao Algarve, Vuelta a Burgos and Tour de Pologne.
He is currently recovering from a nasty crash suffered in Il Lombardia last year which left him with a broken pelvis.
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