Hondo renews contract with Lampre

Danilo Hondo (Lampre-Farnese Vini) (Image credit: Richard Tyler)

Danilo Hondo has secured his future in the professional peloton after renewing his contract with Lampre-Farnese Vini. The German rider will spend a further two years with the Italian ProTour team, which could well be the balance of the 36-year-old’s professional career.

The team named Hondo’s successful start to his first season with the outfit as its motivation for the two year deal. He won a Giro di Sardegna stage early in the season and placed 18th at E3 Prijs Vlaanderen in the lead up to his ninth at Ronde van Vlaanderen. Hondo finished second at the Tour de Romandie’s second stage as he prepared for the Giro d’Itaia, where he took five top 10 stage placings including second on Stage 17.

Team manager Giuseppe Saronni said despite Hondo’s age, he’s a rider with a powerful physic that has much to offer the squad. "Danilo showed that he's a real professional cyclist, perfect in every side of his work, and so it was natural that we offered the renewal,” he said. “Hondo gives us his experience and high quality in support of the sprinters and moreover he's reliable when he had the freedom of going in search of personal results. He's 36 years old, but his physic is powerful and in perfect fit."