Steven Kruijswijk will extend his contract with LottoNL-Jumbo on the Tour de France’s first rest day in Andorra according to a report in De Telegraaf.
The Dutch rider will stay with the team until the end of the 2018 season after negotiating a new contract with Robert van der Wallen of Brand Loyalty.
A number of other teams including Team Sky had been linked with Kruijswijk, but the rider from Den Bosch has apparently been offered a salary of €1.5 million to stay where he is.
Kruijswijk came close to a surprise result in May of this year when it looked like he might win the Giro d’Italia overall. He led the race by three minutes from Esteban Chaves going into the nineteenth stage
Unfortunately, he crashed on the descent of the Colle Dell’Agnello and although he was able to continue, Kruijswijk finished the stage almost five minutes down on Vincenzo Nibali and more than four minutes behind Esteban Chaves. He went on to finish the race in fourth overall.
fantastic news!