Bjorg Lambrecht has signed for a further two years with Lotto Soudal, which will keep the 22-year-old at the Belgian WorldTour team until at least the end of 2021. The Belgian youngster only turned pro with the squad last season, having moved up from their under-23 feeder team, but a string of good results - including fourth at Flèche Wallonne and sixth at Amstel Gold earlier this season - have led the management team to move quickly to secure his services for a further two years. Lambrecht won a stage at the Tour des Fjords last May in his debut season in the pro ranks, and went on to start his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España. He then took the silver medal at the under-23 world championship road race in Austria in September, behind Switzerland`s Marc Hirschi, to cap off an extremely productive first year.ADVERTISEMENT `It was not a difficult decision to make to stay at Lotto Soudal,` Lambrecht said in a press release. `I feel at home with the team, and, for the past two years, I`ve always been given the opportunities I hoped to get. `Right from the start, I received a nice race schedule, and at some races I could start as the co-leader. That wouldn`t be the case at other teams,` he said. `We gave Bjorg - always in a careful way - the chance to become a fully-fledged pro,` added delighted Lotto Soudal sports manager Marc Sergeant. `That approach definitely paid off with, among others, wonderful results at the past Ardennes Classics.`
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