After Team Sky decided not to renew his contract this offseason, Josh Edmondson’s career looked like it was coming to a premature end. But he rode the Herald Sun Tour last month with the GB National Team and he has now saved his career after singing with An Post-Chainreaction.

“I got in touch with the team through speaking with [manager] Kurt Bogaerts and deciding together that the team would suit me,” Edmondson said on the An Post-Chainreaction website. “I'm very excited about the coming season. I want to continue to learn this year and work on managing myself as an athlete. After a couple of years playing a team role at Sky I'm looking forward to racing aggressively and perhaps being able to race more in a style that suits me."

While the Irish-registered team base most of their season on races in Belgium, riding events like Kuurne-Brussles-Kuurne, they can ride events like the Ras and Tour of Britain and other hilly races which young climber Edmondson hopes to shine in.

"I built a lot of strength and a good base training and racing In Australia with the national team. In general I've worked very hard this winter and I feel like it is starting to pay off. I'm looking forward to the coming races and building further on my form," he said.

“With Edmondson we have an extra rider with some additional qualities that we were missing,” Bogaerts said.