Logan Owen will ride for Cannondale-Drapac in 2018, the team announced Wednesday. Owen, 22, has ridden for the Axeon Hagens Berman development team for the past four seasons, winning a stage at the 2015 Tour of Utah, the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Espoirs race in 2016 and a stage of the Volta ao Alentejo earlier this year.
"Logan's a really cool kid," said Slipstream Sports CEO Jonathan Vaughters. "He shows a knack for how to win races creatively and has demonstrated incredible tactical intelligence."
Owen excelled in cyclo-cross as a junior and U23 racer, piling up 10 consecutive US cyclo-cross titles before dropping the discipline in 2016 to focus on road racing and making it to the WorldTour.
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"Regardless of if I got that contract or not, it was the right decision," Owen said. "I needed to put all my eggs into one basket to see what I could do. I'm beyond stoked that it all worked out and that I can make this next step up to the WorldTour with Slipstream Sports."
The Slipstream Sports team will be named EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale next year after the program struggled to find a sponsor for 2018 but then landed a big one in time to keep riders like Classics specialist Sep Vanmarcke, a rider Owen says he's excited to learn from.
"I tend to be better at Classics-type races," Owen said. "Getting to learn from Sep is one of the biggest reasons that I'm looking forward to the spring. I'm excited about all my new teammates actually. [Rigoberto] Uran is a legend. I already know Alex Howes, so it will be cool to race with him."
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