It was announced that Emme de Gendt and Wesley Kreder have signed contract extensions and will remain with Wanty Gobert at least until the end of 2021.

The Belgian professional continental team (which will become Wanty Gobert Tormans from 2020) has extended both players' contracts for another year.

De Gendt, 25, will join Wanty in 2019 after three seasons with Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise, and will join Tim Mellier (Corendon-Circus) and Wanty in the Antwerp Port Epic one-day race in early September. teammate Timothy Dupont to score his first professional win of the season.

"I feel very good about my contract with Wanty-Gobert and am happy with the team's offer of an extension.

"I hope to make further progress next year and expect the same from the team. The transfer is promising," de Gendt said. This season, he finished second in Le Samyn and sixth in Paris-Tours, an impressive result, and he also finished the Tour de France, his first Grand Tour.

"I'm going to be at the start of the classics (in 2020). It's the big race that suits me best. I want to start next season with confidence."

Wesley Kreder (brother of retired pro Dennis Kreder and cousin of current pro Raymond Kreder (Team UKYO) and Michel Kreder, who is retiring at the end of this season) joined Wanty in 2014 but spent the next two seasons with Dutch pro Conti team Room He spent time with Raymond and Michel in the Pot-Oranje peloton, where they won the 2016 Star ZLM Toer stage.

He returned to Wanty in 2017 and continued to specialize in one-day races, and from 2020 will be part of a new sprint train with Dutch brothers Danny and Boy van Poppel.

"Even though I still had a contract for next season, getting my contract extended until the end of 2021 gave me a lot of confidence. I am happy that the team is happy with me and I will continue to work as usual," Kreder said in a press release.

"I am very happy that the dream I shared with Danny and Boy Van Poppel to represent the same team has come true," the 29-year-old added. We became good friends when we were teammates on the Rabobank Continental team and the Vacansoleil DCM."

"Boy and I both know Danny's (sprinting) ability. Wanty Gobert Tolmans gives us the opportunity to make this happen for the next two seasons," said Kreder.