News: Matt Holmes Re-Signs with Lotto Soudal

Matt Holmes extends contract at Lotto Soudal: 2020 marked Matt’s first season at the Belgian cycling team and the British rider immediately impressed at the Tour Down Under, where he won the queen stage to Willunga Hill.

News: Matt Holmes Re-Signs with Lotto Soudal

In the 2020 Giro d’Italia as well as the past Vuelta a España, Holmes again showed his fine climbing legs. Matthew Holmes says this on re-signing for Lotto Soudal: “It feels really nice to go into my third year with Lotto Soudal. I can’t wait for next year, especially after the recent team days, where we worked at everything else involved around the bike such as new equipment and training methods. After two seasons of getting to know everyone and making friends, Lotto Soudal really feels like ‘my’ team. It’s a professional environment and it feels like I’m fully part of the team now.”

“Overall, I look back on the past two seasons with great pleasure. Maybe this year has not fully gone to plan, but I still won a WorldTour race during my first pro contract. It’s an achievement which I’m still really proud of. On a couple of occasions, I’ve also been close to a Grand Tour stage win, which really gave me confidence to go and try to win one next year. In my head, I know it’s doable. Now that I know what I can and can’t do in the WorldTour, I’ve got a much clearer view of which races I’ll go for. The main focus will be to target different kinds of breakaway opportunities in Grand Tours and other stage races”, concludes Holmes.

Big congrats Matt on that new contract and good luck for 2022!