Soudal-QuickStep today announced it has signed Jasper Stuyven on a multi-year deal. The legendary Belgian team is on a mission to restrengthen its classics armada. Once both a popular and feared classics dominator, the team has seen its classics performances deteriorate after the arrival of Remco Evenepoel and the team’s increased dedication to Grand Tours.

Belgian Stuyven is known for his noteworthy performances in cycling classics and has documented his significant talent in both one-week races and the classics. Stuyven won the 2021 Milan-Sanremo, the 2016 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, and the 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. He won a stage in Vuelta a Espana in 2015 and finished second in last year’s E3 Saxo Classic. Recently, Stuyven finished fifth in both this year’s Ronde van Vlaanderen and E3 Saxo Classic and he has achieved no less than six top ten results in the legendary cobbled Monument Classics of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix.

“I’m very happy at the thought that I will now become a member of the Wolfpack. When I started cycling, the team was one of the first I got to know, and it will be nice to be part of a Belgian-centric squad after so many years in the saddle,” Stuyven explained to Roadcycling.com.

“Soudal-QuickStep has always been very present in the classics and these races are in the DNA of the team and I. This makes me confident for the 2026 season and beyond, as this team is a perfect fit for me. I’m also the right fit for them as I bring a lot of experience that I will focus on passing on to the younger riders. Additionally, I have much experience to give for the sprinter lead-out trains,” Stuyven added.

Stuyven will ride for Soudal-QuickStep in 2026, 2027, and 2028. He will likely be unable to reproduce the historic feats of previous QuickStep Classics specialists such as Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert, but he brings valuable experience and is expected to be able to achieve improved results in future seasons in his new team, where he will not be active in a support role for Mads Pedersen, Jonathan Milan, and Mattias Skjelmose.

33-year-old Stuyven has spent almost his entire career in the Trek camp. Stuyven raced for Trek Factory Racing in 2014 and 2015, Trek-Segafredo from 2016 to 2022, and continued with the team when it became Lidl-Trek in 2023.

“I’ve already won a Monument race and a couple of cobbled classics in my career, but if there is one race that remains a goal for me, it is Paris-Roubaix. That, and winning a stage in the Tour de France,” Stuyven concluded.

Soudal-QuickStep CEO Jurgen Fore praises Stuyven for his excellent skills and he is certain Stuyven will strengthen the team’s line-up for the cobbled one-day races, where the team is aiming to regain its dominant position known from previous seasons.

“Jasper is one of the best Belgian riders out there and it makes us happy he will ride for us starting from next year. He is cut out for the classics and has an impressive palmares in those races, but his tremendous experience and quality will also help us in other races, and we will help Jasper realize his dream of winning a stage in the Tour de France,” Fore explained to Roadcycling.com.

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