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Ben Turner leaves Ineos for Soudal Quick-Step as Classics rebuild continues
Soudal Quick-Step have announced their third signing for the 2027 season, with Ben Turner set to join on a three-year deal.
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Ben Turner will leave Netcompany-Ineos at the end of this season to join Soudal Quick-Step on a three-year deal.
The Briton has raced for Ineos since he turned pro in 2022, and he scored the biggest win of his career last season when he won a stage of the Vuelta a España. His rapid finish also carried him to a win at the Tour de Pologne.
Turner showcased his potential in the cobbles when he placed 11th at Paris-Roubaix as a neo-pro while helping teammate Dylan van Baarle to victory. He will now link up again with the Dutchman as part of Soudal Quick-Step’s Classics unit.
“Obviously, for me it’s a big privilege to join Soudal Quick-Step, a team which I’ve always dreamed of being part of since being small and watching the Classics together with my dad,” Turner said in a statement on Wednesday. “Even after I turned professional, it was a team I was always looking at to see what they were doing in the races and always keeping an eye on them.”
The 27-year-old is the third confirmed signing by Soudal Quick-Step for next season, with Lorenzo Milesi joining from Movistar and Tim Torn Teutenberg coming on board from Lidl-Trek.
“We have been following Ben for quite some time now and realised that he is the type of rider that would immediately find his place in our team,” said Soudal Quick-Step CEO Jurgen Foré. “He is someone who can perform in the Classics and in stage-races, but also help the squad in a wide range of races, and that’s why we are excited he will race with us through 2029.”
Soudal Quick-Step began something of a transformation last winter following the departure of Remco Evenepoel to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, with the team switching its focus back to the Classics and the sprints.
Paul Magnier won three stages and the points classification at the Giro d’Italia, while Tim Merlier weighed in with a hat-trick of wins at the Tour de France. In the Classics, Merlier won Scheldeprijs, while new arrival Jasper Stuyven was consistent across the spring, culminating in third place at Paris-Roubaix.
