Willie Smit signs for Katusha-Alpecin

African champion Willie Smit will move up to WorldTour level with Katusha-Alpecin in 2018. The South African is leading the 2017 UCI Africa Tour standings, and was a prominent part of the early break at Sunday's elite men's road race at the World Championships in Bergen.

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