Cycling news - Remco Evenepoel signs new long-term deal with Deceuninck – Quick-Step
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Updated 23/08/2019 at 12:20 GMT
Cycling news - Remco Evenepoel has been rewarded for his impressive first season at World Tour level with a new and improved contract at Deceuninck – Quick-Step.
Remco Evenepoel, champion d'Europe du contre-la-montre individuel élite 2019
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The recently-crowned European ITT Champion s now committed to the team until the end of 2023.
Evenpoel, 19, joined the World Tour this season and has already notched up a GC victory at the Tour of Belgium and a triumph at the Clasica San Sebastian.
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“I am happy and proud that I have extended my stay with Deceuninck – Quick-Step and I will continue to build my future together with this amazing group," Evenepoel said.
The team have believed in me from the very beginning and that means a lot. Signing a new deal was the logical thing to do and after talking with Patrick about it, I agreed immediately. Deceuninck – Quick-Step is the perfect environment for me, a second family where we are always working together to improve with passion, professionalism and commitment, and this is a very important aspect for me.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step CEO Patrick Lefevere added in a press release:
We are extremely happy with this agreement. Remco isn’t just a talented rider, but also a great person, and everybody in the team that got to work with him knows that. We believe that he can have a bright future in cycling. We put our trust in him and he has a lot of confidence in us
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