Soudal-Quickstep announced the signing of 23-year-old 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valentin Paret-Peintre, who won a stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale this year, on ꦚa two-year contract.
Paret-Peintre impressed with ജhis solo victory on stage 10 🐟of the Giro when he rode away from more seasoned climbers like Romain Bardet and Jan Tratnik on the 18-kilometre-long Bocca della Selva finishing climb. There were rumours at t🦩he end of the Giro that Quickstep were interested in signing him.
He also showed promise as a general classification rider with fourth in the Tour of the Alps and a top 10 in the Tour Down Under thi෴s seaso🐼n.
"I'm very happy to join the team for the next two years," Paret-Peintre said. "I've always admired this team and watched it write history in some of the biggest races in the world. I remember Tom Boonen winning Paris-Roubaix numerous times in this jersey or Philippe Gilbert taking those memorable victories in Roubaix and De Ronde. It's a legendary tea🎉m with a lot of history and♎ tradition and I'm proud that I will be part of it in the next two seasons."
The 23-year-old is on track to join the team backing Remco Ev🌜enepoel in the Grand Tours after the team loses Jan Hirt to Israel-Premier Tech next season.
"My goal is to continue to develop and gain experience in stage races, especially from someone like Mikel Landa. I'm also ready to help whenever I will be needed on the climbs. I would like to be one of the strongest guys in the mountains for my team in a race like the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, which I would like to discover, but I'm also aiming fo꧙r a top ten in week-long stage races."
Paret-Peintre joins newcomers Ethan Hayter, who joins from Ineos, Max Schachmann who is transferring from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Dries Van Gestel from TotalEnergies and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pascal Eenkhoorn from Lotto Dstny.
Team manager Patrick Lefe🤪vere was pleased to sign the Frenchman. "We've been following Valentin for some time and we were impressed by his work ethic, continuous improvement and res𝄹ults, such as his spectacular Giro d'Italia stage victory. We are happy he has decided to join us. Valentin is a strong addition to our climbers' contingent and we are confident he will fit right in and grow in our team."
