Jonathan Dibben is motivated for a second chance at the World Tour level in Lotto Soudal in 2020.

The 25-year-old was with Team Sky in 2017-2018, but his contract was not renewed and he was relegated to racing domestically this year with Madison Genesis. A year and a new start in his home country gave the former track world champion perspective and the motivation to prove he deserves to race on the highest stage.

"I want to get back to racing at the World Tour level and getting results from where I am now. It's not necessarily for my results, but to do my job. I just want to have a consistent season, and I want to be injury-free for the whole year," Dibben told Cycling News at Lotto Soudal's Spanish training camp.

The signing of the Belgian team was made possible this summer by the team's management, which was looking to bolster its sprint leadout to give Caleb Ewan and the Classics more options for the new season. Marc Serge and John Lelangue will look to Dieben, who has experience as a runner-up in the Tour Flanders U23.

"I got a message from my agent in July saying that Marc wanted to meet me, we had already talked a bit at the end of 2018, but nothing had developed. I live near Nice, so I drove to Toulouse to see him. They explained what they were looking for and how I would fit into their plans. I had to agree with them.

With Ewan and newcomer John Degenkolb in Sprint, and a classical team led by Philippe Gilbert and Tim Wellens, there will be no shortage of opportunities for Deben. He will start the season with the Tour Down Under in Australia, followed by the UAE Tour and the Belgium Classic.

"I will mainly be helping the team on the sprint side. They have had a lot of results this year and I wanted to strengthen the team in the lead-out department. We have John Degenkolb coming in the new season, and we have two top class sprinters, and we have the Classics, so they want me to do that."

A year in the Madison Genesis national season shortened Dibben's 2019 race schedule, but the British rider felt the experience was a positive one.

While the news of Madison's disappearance after the Tour of Britain in September came as a surprise to many, Dibben has no regrets about his 2019 campaign, especially having a launch pad to return to the World Tour.

"It was different. Madison was really well set up and had everything I needed to be a full-time bike rider. It was more difficult to get used to the idea of doing a one-day criterium back in England. It is more explosive than the European races. It's different. The British races are run on full gas and the race profiles are all very similar. There are a few short, sharp climbs, and it tends to happen where everyone flattens out on the first climb of the day and there are about 30 people left for the rest of the race."

"I wanted to come back to the World Tour. At the time I was racing with Madison and thinking about the track side of things, but when Lotto gave me the chance to stay on the road and on the World Tour, I thought it was a really good option, so I took it."

For Dibben, competing on the WorldTour with Team Sky was a mixed experience. After a successful first year that included a stage win at the Tour of California, his second year with the team saw a downturn in both luck and form.

"In 2017 I did super well in Sky and was really happy with that start, but 2018 didn't go so well," he explained.

"I didn't get going early in the season, and just as I was getting back on track in July, I crashed at RideLondon. 2020 is a real second chance to get back on track and improve on my 2017. I think I learned a lot at Sky, and I soaked it all up, and I'm looking forward to the next race.

"I feel like a pro again, knowing a little bit about how the race is going to go, I'm already feeling better in December and hopefully that will carry over into the new year, I've got a second chance and I want to make the most of it."