Slipstream Sports announced today that Alex Howes has signed a two-year contract extension with the team that will take him through the end of 2019. Racing as Cannondale-Drapac this year, the Slipstream-owned US WorldTour team will race as EF Education First-Drapac next year. Howes has raced for Slipstream teams since 2007.
“Alex wanted to stay, and I wanted Alex to say,” said Slipstream General Manager Jonathan Vaughters. “It was as simple as that. He’s been with us his entire career except for one season where I farmed him out to a French team to toughen him up a bit. He’s grown up with us and has grown into the heart of this team.”
Howes, who first raced for Slipstream in 2007 before moving to La Pomme Marseille in 2008, came up through the team's development system and signed with the WorldTour outfit in 2012. Howes won a stage of the USA Pro Classic in 2014 and this year added four more UCI wins, including two stages at the Cascade Cycling Classic with the US National team, a stage at the Colorado Classic and one at the Tour of Alberta.
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The Colorado native said he feels at home at the Colorado-based team.
“Being based out of Colorado, Slipstream Sports has always my home team,” Howes said. “Over the years, it has become more than just a team. It really is a family, and I have invested a lot emotionally in the team over the years. The team’s focus on producing results through grit and and creativity echoes my personal racing style.
“I think my stage seven win at the USPRO Challenge in 2014 is my proudest moment in argyle,” Howes said. “The way the whole team rode their hearts out for me and then to pull it off in front of a hometown crowd was truly spectacular.
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