One of Australia`s most exciting young stage-race talents, Jack Haig, has extended his contract with the Mitchelton-Scott team, committing to the team until at least the end of 2020. Haig already had a contract keeping him at Mitchelton-Scott until the end of next year, but the extension takes the stress out of next season otherwise being a `contract year` for him, he said, and gives him a real opportunity to continue to develop his talents in a familiar environment. `I obviously had one year left, but the team has said they`d like to have me for an extra year on top of my current contract, which is really nice,` Haig said in a team press release.ADVERTISEMENT `It`s nice to have the confidence with the team that they are happy to keep developing me, keep giving me chances, and also giving me time to work for those things. `The goal I`d like to go into the next two seasons with is trying to take more responsibility in the week-long tours and having a bit more of a leadership role there. But I also love working for the two Yates brothers [Simon and Adam] and Esteban Chaves, so I hope to continue in that role, like I did at this year`s Giro dŽItalia, and hopefully help one of them to win a Grand Tour in the next couple of years.` Haig finished 36th overall at his first Giro in May, and played a key role in protecting Simon Yates` overall lead until the British climber lost almost 40 minutes - and the race lead to Sky`s Chris Froome - on stage 19 over the Colle delle Finestre.
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