EF Education First announced last week that it has re-signed Logan Owen, retaining the 24-year-old American rider until at least the end of the 2021 season.

Owen joined the U.S. WorldTour team in 2018 and spent the previous three seasons with the Axeon Hagens Berman team led by Axel Merckx.

He rode his first Grand Tour as part of the EF Education squad at the 2019 Vuelta a España and recently returned to cyclocross after a three-year absence.

"I love this team," Owen said in a press release. "Everyone gets along so well. It's a great atmosphere. It's a really friendly, down-to-earth atmosphere. But we all know how to turn it on and get down to business. The team feels like a big family, and I feel like I'm part of that family."

"Just being selected for the Vuelta was a big deal for me. 'It was late in the year that I got selected and I didn't expect to be on the starting line. It was a great experience. Rigoberto Uran, Tejay Van Garderen, and Hy Kershey all crashed on stage 6.

"I was very motivated. To be able to race and finish in the Vuelta was definitely an outstanding moment in my two years with the team."

As a young rider racing at the top level of the sport, Logan admitted that he still has a lot to learn.

"My fitness level has improved dramatically over the past two years. Combine this improvement in fitness with what I have learned so far, and I am definitely a different bike rider now."

"I have learned a lot about how to ride a bike, and I have learned a lot about how to ride a bike.

"At this level, I have learned that I have to do my best in every race. How to ride in crosswinds, how to hold the lead, when to use energy and when to conserve it. It's something I've known for a while, but I had to learn to put it into practice in the best races in the world with the best riders in the world," Owen said.

"Logan is an incredibly reliable and dedicated teammate," said EF Education First team manager Jonathan Vaughters. He has a knack for always being in the right place at the right time and proved to be a great asset to the team during the Spring Classic."

Owen admits that he is "like a diesel engine" and can work for hours at the front of the pack for the team leader.

However, in his return to cyclocross at last month's FayetteCross in Arkansas, he finished 10th, just two minutes off the pace of winner Kerry Werner.

"I used to be a punchy guy in one-hour cross races. I used to be a punchy guy in one-hour cross races," said Owen, an eight-time junior champion and two-time under-23 US cyclocross champion. I had to change the way I raced. But it was really good to open up the engine I built up racing on the World Tour. It was a different kind of advantage than I've had in the past, and it gave me a lot of confidence."