When EF Education-EasyPost announced the arrival of Luke Lamperti earlier this week, it seemed like a surprising move away from Soudal-QuickStep. After all, with Remco Evenepoel’s departure and the team’s return to a focus on the Spring Classics, a rider of his qualities could be given a lot more opportunities.
But Lamperti revealed to Cyclingnews that he decided to leave the Belgian powerhouse team before knowing of Evenepoel’s move to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
The 22-year-old ended the year by dropping out of the GPs de Québec and Montréal, the Road World Championships, Coppa Agostoni and Coppa Bernocchi, which he said was “not ideal”, but was on the mend.
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