Quick Step Alpha Vinyl announced Thursday that it has terminated the contract of Danish rider Mikkel Honoré. The exchange comes a day after EF Education-Easy Post released Ruben Guerreiro, who will join the Movistar team in 2023.

Honoré began his career as a trainee with Quick Step in 2018 and spent four seasons with the team, whose manager Patrick Lefevre described him as "a very talented and versatile rider" and "a selfless team player."

He should have more opportunities to fight for results after four seasons racing with newcomers Richard Kalapas and Andrei Amador, who are moving to EF-Easy Post to support Quick Step's team leaders.

"I am very excited," Honoré said in a team press release. It's a new start and chapter for me, and I can't wait to meet all the management, riders, and staff."

"I can race on almost any kind of terrain and I hope to bring a good vibe and mood to the team. I love to race and attack and look forward to taking more chances in the EF." I love to race and attack and look forward to getting more opportunities at EF. I have the level and the ability to do that. It will be a very good team."

Honoré was the winner of the 2021 Ituria Basque stage in which he and teammate Josef Cerny broke away from a six-man breakaway group, and also won the final stage of that year's Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali with race leader He also won a stage in that year's Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali where he broke away with race leader Jonas Vingegaard on the final stage. He also won the 2021 Clasica San Sebastian, finishing third behind EF Easy Post's Nielson Powles.

"Mikkel will be a great asset to the team in the hilly Classics and Grand Tours," EF Education Easypost CEO Jonathan Vaughters said in a press release. He's proven himself to be a top-class support rider, and his results show that he's knocking on the door of some big wins himself."

"He already has a stage win at the Tour of the Basque Country, one of the hardest races. We're going to welcome him to the team and let him show us what he can do. He is a smart, thoughtful guy who will fit right in."