Sam Bennett moves a step closer to Deceuninck-QuickStep as contract saga draws to a close
Team boss Patrick Lefevere ඣsays move from Bora-Hansgrohe is close

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sam Bennett's future looks a step closer to being resolved, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Deceuninck-QuickStep reportedly closing in on signing the Bora-Hansgrohe spri🔥nter afte🍬r a drawn-out transfer saga.
The Irishman is the last major name still remaꦡining on the transfer market for 2020, and he looked set to leave to Bora-Hansgrohe until reports emerged that he had signed an offer letter with the German tea♉m back in May.
Despite that, Bennett still sought to leave the team at the end of 2019, prompting a UCI arbitration panel to step in and decide the rider's future. According to reports from Het Laatste Nieuws, the impasse has finally been broken, with the Belgian team set to get their ꧃man once Bora-Hansgrohe and Bennett finalise their split🤡.
"It's moving. In a positive sense," Deceuninck-QuickStep boss Patrick Lefevere told the Belgian newspaper. "Of course, you're only certain when you have a signed contract in your hands, but yes꧋𒉰 [the saga] is about to finish. That's a good thing, because the business has been dragging on for so long now.
"I suspect that they will have waited as long as possible at Bora-Hansgrohe, to make Bennett nervous so that he would pay [to break the agreement]. But iꦰn the end, they realised that you can't do much with a rider you want to keep against his will. So, I'm in happy expectation."
Bennett's agent, Andrew McQuaid told Cyclingnews via text 🐭on Wednesday morning that 'nothing [is] finalise👍d yet.'
Last week, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lefevere told Cyclingnews that he was ꧅still waiting on the issue to be resolved, and that Bora had offered him a trade deal fo🦂r Colombian sprinter Álvaro Hodeg.
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"They were interested in exchanging riders, but I refused," he said. "They were looking for Hodeg but I'm not interested in tradi🌌ng cattle."
Bennett sought to leave Bora after being snubbed for sౠelection in both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year. He went on to rack up 13 victories this season regardless, including 11 at WorldTour level and two at the Vuelta a España.
Replacing Elia Viviani at the Belgian team, he'll reportedly be accompanied in the move by lead-out man Shane Archbold, who rejoined Bor🍰a in April, signing on for t💖he rest of 2019.
"[It's] excellent news," Lefevere told Het Laatste Nieuws. "Of course, we have two strong sprinters with F🌠abio Jakobsen and Hodeg, but they are still young. And with 285 days of competition per year, it's not a luxury to have three sprinters in the team.
"I thought it was a shame, the whole impasse. For me, as ꩵa third party who watched helplessly, but especially for [Bennett]. 'I have had posters from the team and my idol Tom Boonen since I was 12 year♛s old,' he told me. 'This is my dream team', and he couldn't come here."

Dani Ostanek♏ is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur. She writes and edits at Cyclingnews🧜 as well as running newsletter, social media, and how to watch campaigns.