Deceuninck – Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team (Belgium) - Press Release: The best lead-out man in the business adds two years to his contract with the UCI World Team Classification leader.

Deceuninck – Quick-Step and successful sprint lead out trains have become synonymous over the years, with the team becoming famous for delivering their sprinters to victories in a variety of races. And while it is the quick men that takes the headlines, it is often the crucial work of the team that puts them in a great position on the finishing straight that can make the difference.

Like the feint a boxer makes before delivering a knockout punch, or the off the ball run a footballer makes to distract a defender and make space, Michael Mørkøv is often that part before the final part of the move, with the lead-out man perfectly delivering his sprint partner on countless occasions. And it is because of those skills that we are delighted to announce that the Danish rider has agreed to stay with Deceuninck – Quick-Step for another two years, until the end of 2023.

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