Deceuninck – Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team (Belgium) - Press Release: This year’s Il Lombardia runner-up has signed a new contract, through 2024.

Fausto Masnada’s 2021 season was one filled with both ups and downs. The 28-year-old Italian took a strong third overall at the Tour de Romandie, but unfortunately bad luck was around the corner as knee tendinitis forced him to abandon the Giro d’Italia. Fausto came back at the Nationals with a second place, but a crash at the Settimana Ciclistica Italiana again put him off the bike for a long recovery period. Despite all these setbacks, he switched goals, kept working hard and ended his season in a fantastic way at Il Lombardia, as runner-up.

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