Frenchman Remi Cavagna has renewed his contract with the Detunink-QuickStep team, the Belgian team announced Friday.Cavagna, 24, won stage 19 of the Vuelta a España in Toledo last week and the May He won a stage at the Amgen Tour of California in May.

"TGV of Clermont-Ferrand" has been with coach Patrick Lefevere's team since 2017, after working with Klein Constantia's development team.

"First of all I want to say thank you to the team for believing in me, I am very happy to be here.

"They are the best team in the world and the best team for my improvement. Every time I am with them I am improving and meeting the standards I set last time. It shows in my results, I won one race last year and this year I have already won two big races, the World Tour and the big races. With this team, I am 200% sure that I can improve again and I have a lot to give."

With a Grand Tour stage win under his belt, Cavagna hopes to one day wear the French national champion jersey.

"It's not a big race, but it's an important race for the French. I want to do well in the road races, but the time trial is my forte and I want to prove I can win." That's my first goal, but I want to win more World Tour races like the Vuelta and California this season."

With contracts renewed through 2021 with Tour de France veterans Julien Alaphilippe, Zdenek Stibal, James Knox, and Pieter Serry, another year with Iljo Caisse, and 2023 with Remco Evenpole, Lefebvre has signed a team steady efforts to ensure that the team continues to win.

During the transfer season, the team lost Elia Viviani (Cofidis), Fabio Sabatini (Cofidis), Enric Mas (Movistar), Davide Martinelli (Astana), Maximiliano Richeze (UAE Team Emirates), Philippe Gilbert ( Lotto Soudal), but he gained fresh new talent, as well as neo-professionals Campioenschap van Fraunderen winner Yannick Steimle, Bert van Lerberghe of Cofidis, Stein Steels of Loompot-Charles, Italian fresh talents such as Andrea Bajori, Mattia Cattaneo, and Davide Ballerini from the U23s, João Almeida (Hagens Berman Axiom), the U23 Portuguese champion, and Mauri Vansevenant from Neopro.

"We are once again very happy to have secured one of our talented young riders and that he will be with us until 2021," Lefebvre said.

"Remi has always worked hard during his time with us and has always been there for the team. As we saw in California and the Vuelta, he is starting to get a sense of winning himself and is gaining confidence. We know what he is capable of and now that we have secured his services, we can work with him to further improve and maximize his potential."