The 28-year-old Brit Adam Blythe will join Lotto Soudal again in 2019, eight years after he started his international cycling career at the Belgian team. For the past two seasons, the Brit rode for the procontinental team Aqua Blue Sport and in 2015 also for Mitchelton – SCOTT, where he already worked closely with Lotto Soudal’s new sprinter Caleb Ewan. Adam Blythe is very excited to be part of the WorldTour team again and wants to help his former teammate in winning as many races as possible. He has signed a one-year contract.

Adam Blythe: “At the age of twenty, I did an internship at Lotto Soudal – Omega Pharma - Lotto back then, and was able to join the WorldTour team afterwards. I’m really excited to return to the Belgian team and it’s definitely a real privilege to be racing for this renowned cycling team once again!”

“I’m looking forward to helping Caleb Ewan in winning as many races as possible. Bringing Caleb in the best position to sprint, will be my main role coming season. We already rode together at Mitchelton-SCOTT, so I know him quite well. I hope to achieve new successes with him and believe we have a solid team to do so in 2019. Besides my role in Ewan’s lead-out, Lotto Soudal can also count on my support in the Classics. Even though I didn’t ride a complete Classics season for the last two years, I did ride those races many times before during my time at the other WorldTour teams. Next season will be my ninth year as a professional cyclist and through the years, I was able to gain a lot of experience - also in the Classics.”

“Winning the Prudential RideLondon Classic is one of my biggest achievements so far. Not only because of its importance on the cycling calendar, but also because of the way I won that day. If you told anyone ahead of the race that I would be the first to cross the line at the end, I think no one would’ve believed it. We were with five of us in the final breakaway, including big names like Philippe Gilbert, Ben Swift and Julian Alaphilippe. My strong final sprint enabled me to cross the line just ahead of Swift. So I won closely, but I won. And of course, beating Mark Cavendish in the sprint and taking the national title in 2016 is also one of the victories I’m most proud of. Wearing the jersey of your nation for an entire year is always very special and worth cherishing.”