Jasper Stuyven sniffs after 12 years at Trek Frisse Air at Soudal-Quick Step: “I fit perfectly with this team”
Jasper Stuyven (33) moves after 12 years in paid employment at Lidl-pull and predecessors to Soudal-Quick Step. Stuyven has to put Jurgen Foré’s team back on the map in the cobblestone classics. He drew for 3 years.
Jasper Stuyven became Profile in 2014 at Trek, the WorldTour team of the bicycle brand with which Stuyven had already built up a close band from the youth.
De Leuven remained the Trek stable loyal to more than a decade, but after 12 years he leaves Lidl-Trek.
Stuyven was seduced by Soudal – Quick Step, where they were urgently looking for a quality injection for the cobblestone classics.
The ex-winner of Milan-Sanremo, the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne has to carry the leadership at The Wolfpack and at the same time promising young people like Paul Magnier Gidsen.
Jasper Stuyven.
Classics
“When I started race, this was one of the first teams I met,” Stuyven responds. “It will be nice to be part of a Belgian team after so many years.”
“I bring a lot of experience that I want to pass on to the young people and to the lead-out trains.”
“The classics are in the DNA of Soudal-Quick Step and that gives me confidence for next year. This team fits me perfectly and I with them. I can’t wait to find my place in this team.”
“I know how motivated everyone is here for the one -day races and we will do our best to perform top,” said Stuyven, who drew up to and including 2028.
Jasper will strengthen our core for the classics, the rates that we love so and where we want to belong to the protagonists.
Jurgen drilled
“Jasper is one of the best Belgian riders,” adds CEO Jurgen Foré. “He has an impressive honors list in the classics and his experience and qualities will also help us in other prices.”
“We are convinced that Jasper will easily integrate into the team. He will strengthen our core for the classics, the rates that we love so and where we want to belong to the protagonists again.”
“We are also aiming for stage victories in big rounds and we try to let Jasper realize his dream with a victory in the Tour de France.”
