Yves Lampère has signed a three-year contract extension with the Belgian team and will remain with Patrick Lefebvre's Soudal-Quick Step until the end of 2025. Lampert joined the team in 2015, during which time he has been a mainstay of the Classics and a talented time triallist.

Despite a disappointing late crash in Paris-Roubaix in April, he scored the biggest win of his career by winning the opening time trial of the Tour de France in Copenhagen.

"I'm the son of a Belgian farmer, but I can do this," said a modest Lampaert, wearing the yellow jersey.

The 31-year-old Lampaert was likely to stay with Lefebvre's team (which will be renamed Sourdal-Quickstep in 2023), but it was not until Friday morning that the contract extension was officially announced.

"I am really happy to be with the team for three more years. I consider the team like family and I'm always proud of them when they succeed.

"I want to thank Patrick for the trust he has shown in me.

A native of Izegem, Lampert turned pro at TopSport Hlaanderen and his success at the renowned academy led him to ride for Quick Step in 2015. His victories during the Quick-Step era include stage wins at Dwars door Hlaanderen in 2017 and 2018, the Bourges des Pannes in 2020, and the Vuelta a España in 2017.

Lampert was Belgian road champion in 2018 and has twice won the Belgian Time Trial title. In the final stages of his illness-plagued 2022 Classics campaign, Lampert was in position for a podium finish in Roubaix when he collided with a spectator along the roadside.

"I am very happy that we have reached an agreement that Yves will stay with the team," Lefebvre said.

"When you think of his last year, you think of what happened in Paris-Roubaix and his yellow in the Tour de France. He has had some great personal victories, but he has also worked tirelessly for the other riders. I am delighted to be able to support him for another three years."

Lampert will be an important part of the Surdal Quickstep Cobblestone Classic next season along with Kasper Asgreen. Zdenek Stival has moved to BikeExchange-Jayco, while Julien Alaphilippe has admitted to Cyclingnews that he will focus on the Tour de Flanders in the spring of 2023.

Elsewhere, Lampaert will play a key role in the lead-out train of Fabio Jacobsen and newcomer Tim Merlier, while Sourdal-Quickstep will look for further Grand Tour success with world champion Remco Evenpoel.