Paris (AFP)
Jakob Fuglsang, one of the strongmen of the first part of the cycling season, has extended with Astana a few months from the end of his contract, announced the Kazakh team Wednesday.
"Astana Pro Team is pleased to announce a new two-year contract with one of the team's leaders, Jakob Fuglsang, and the Danish rider will continue to defend the Astana colors in 2020 and 2021," said the Alexander-led team. Vinokourov.
Despite his abandonment on fall in the last week of the Tour de France, the 34-year-old puncher comes out of the most successful season of his career after his wins on Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Criterium du Dauphine and the Tour of Andalusia. Not to mention his second place on the Strade Bianche and the Flèche Wallonne where he was each time deprived of success by the other man of the year 2019, Julian Alaphilippe.
"This year is my best season to date and I still want to show more, and in the next few days I'll start at La Vuelta where I'll be looking for stage wins," Fuglsang muses. happy to move forward with the team two more years ".
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