Ineos Grenadiers have extended 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Laurens De Plus' contract through the 2026 season and Ben Swift's contract until the end of 2025, as they slowly complete and reveal their 2024♉ roster.

The British WorldTour team began to announce contract  extensions and new signings last week, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Geraint Thomas and Carlos Rodriguez staying and the USA's AJ August turning professional from the Junior raꦐnks. 

The contract extension of De Plus and Swift mean 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers have 22 riders publicly confirmed for 2024, with🔥 other riders announcements expected to follow.  However it seems that Remco Evenepoel will not leave Soudal-QuickStep for the British team.     

Geoghegan Hart has left for Lidl-Trek, Dani Mart&iacuꩲte;nez to Bora-Hansgrohe, Pavel Sivakov to UAE Team Emirates and Ben Tulett to Jumbo-Visma. So far, the team have only 21 riders on their roster for 2024 and, under UCIജ rules, need to have at least 27 riders signed by December 1st to meet WorldTour standards.

De Plus and Swift are key rider 🐲for the Grand Tours thank to their respective climbing ability an𝓀d experience.  

De Plus is currently on the mend after fracturing his hip in a crash during the rainy opening team time trial of the 💖Vuelta a España in Barcelona on August 27. Although the fracture was non-displace💯d, De Plus ha🐎d surgery a few days later.

The injury ended what was a successful season for the 28-year-old, who finished 10th in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia after team leader Thomas went close to victory. It was De Plus' best result since a bout of overtraining and a viral il🌊lness knocked him out of the 20ꦜ21 season.

"The story continues! 💖I’m so happy that I can stay anoth𒐪er three years in the team," De Plus said.

"In Belgium, we say ‘good things take time’ and hopefully I can co💜ntinue to get better in the next few years and I believe that we will continue to keep growing, developing and creating stories.

"I fee🍃l like I have my place in this team now and everybody knows what my capabilities are and that’s a good feeling. I hope I can repay the confidence the team has in me and I can win some nice races together with my teammates."

35-year-old Swift also feels at home at Ineos. He has transformed from sprinter to roa🐼d captain and key domestique.

🐎"I’m really, really happy to be continuing my pro career going into seasons 16 and 17 with a team that’s like a second family to me. I’ve spent most of my career here and had the highest of highs with this team and been part of a lot of the team’s success," he said. 

"I see myself not necessar🐻ily getting better with age but taking on a new role and set of responsibilities an🥃d feel like I’m developing that role and getting stronger and more consistent. 

"I’m really lo💖oking forward to working with the young guys again; we’ve got a great crop of young talent and working with the team to progress. Fundamentally I love this sport, this team and I love cycling, so I’m delighted to continue for another two years."