Locked in! Tim Merlier signs long-term contract extension with Soudal - Quick-Step
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Tim Merlier has consistently proven himself as one of the leading sprinters in the entire peloton over the last few seasons. The Belgian's continued success has been rewarded by Soudal - Quick-Step now too, with a long-term contract extension.
As mentioned, Merlier has emerged a true sprinting force in recent years. With 50 victories on his palmares ahead of the 2025 season getting underway, Merlier celebrated 16 successes in 2024, including three stages of the Giro d'Italia, three stages of the UAE Tour, a pair of stages at the AlUla Tour and the Baloise Belgium Tour, plus the European Championship title among other race wins.
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Merlier has also been confirmed for a first appearance at the Tour de France in Soudal - Quick-Step colours in 2025, as he continued good form forces his team's hand. The 32-year-old is set to share leadership at the most watched cycling race on the planet with his compatriot Remco Evenepoel later this summer, as announced at the team presentation.
Also announced at the team presentation though was contract extensions for both Merlier and his main leadout man Bert van Lerberghe. "Tim Merlier and Bert van Lerberghe have agreed to a new deal with Soudal - Quick-Step until the end of 2028," announces an update to the official social media pages of the Soudal - Quick-Step team.
Huge news coming from 🇪🇸@MerlierTim & @bert_bvl have agreed to a new deal with Soudal Quick-Step until the end of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ 🙌 pic.twitter.com/vdcoJn9Jvl
— Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team (@soudalquickstep) January 9, 2025
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- I don't like him either. Makes sense that they'd give him oval wheels.Veganpotter10-01-2025
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- I feel like he is past his peakabstractengineer10-01-2025
- Its the curse of a French rider on a french teamabstractengineer10-01-2025
- This guy is making a very stupid decision. His agent should have brought him superior offers. He is going to play 2nd fiddle to Remco and then wonder why he isn't at the TDF or missing all GTs in a season.abstractengineer10-01-2025
- Hirschi and Alaphilippe on Cancellara's team, honestly sounds like a great choice if they manage to play the game the way Van der Poel did, a few years ago. They know where they need to be at the end of next year, in terms of points, so now it's just a question of being there. I'm not sure Alaphilippe will play the role he dreams of, and his jerky movements on the bike continue to annoy me, but I truly wish him and the team the best of luck in reaching their goal. It makes for better racing when teams like Tudor (he still refers to it as a "project," love that) are fighting to get into the World Tour.RidesHills09-01-2025
- Nice to see him with a sense of humor about the wins. That's actually a really good sign of how he's feeling, most of the time.RidesHills09-01-2025
- He’s good at messing up his WCs ;-)Mistermaumau09-01-2025
- so, tom could dedicate himself to CX all year, every year and probably never beat mathieu in a cyclocross world championship, barring a crash or injury or whatever. does pidcock have that kind of advantage over van der poel in XCO, or is that a gap mvdp can close even at this latter stage of mathieu’s career?OCexile09-01-2025
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