\u201cExtending my contract with Lidl-Trek means everything to me,\u201d said Mattias Skjelmose. \u201cI\u2019ve said it a lot of times before, and I\u2019ll probably say it many more times in the future. This Team is my family, I find myself at home, and I couldn\u2019t see myself riding anywhere else.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been a super special journey. When I came into the Team, Vincenzo Nibali was the big star here, and now with Lidl, Trek and other huge sponsors the project has become so much bigger. Growing with the Team is something really special \u2013 you never know what the future brings, but the fact that I came in at the time I did, and now it feels like the Team and me have grown together. The ambition has always been there, but it took a bit of time to reach where we wanted to be, and it\u2019s super nice that I can continue this journey with the Team.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThe fact that our individual goals align with the team goals has always made us so powerful as a team. We haven\u2019t always had the biggest budget, but we always got the most out of every rider, and that\u2019s mainly because we always find the ability to work for each other and help each other over-perform, as well as just being able to have a real team feeling. I\u2019ve never spoken with someone who wouldn\u2019t want to join this Team, and that\u2019s all down to our team spirit. We\u2019re having fun all the time, no matter who we are with at the races. I could be rooming with any single one of them and I would have just as much fun. I haven\u2019t been in other teams, but I\u2019m pretty sure you don\u2019t find this feeling in every team.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cI feel at home, I\u2019ve never been a super social guy but this Team made it so much easier. I feel like I fit in in a whole new way. It\u2019s difficult to leave home, but I was really looking forward to coming here to camp to see every single person, from riders to management to every single member of staff, we all have so much fun and we\u2019re all equal, and that\u2019s super special. I really enjoy the environment that nobody is above the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMattias has grown into one of the pillars of our Team,\u201d said Luca Guercilena, Lidl-Trek General Manager. \u201cHe has shown he can perform at the highest level, whether in one-day races or across three weeks, and that versatility is incredibly important for us. Just as valuable is his mentality \u2014 he leads when required, but he is also willing to work for his teammates. Having Mattias committed for the coming seasons is key to our ambitions, and we\u2019re excited to continue building with him as one of our leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cExtending my contract with Lidl-Trek means everything to me,\u201d said Mattias Skjelmose. \u201cI\u2019ve said it a lot of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-317171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}