Astana Pro Team has announced a mutual two-year contract extension with Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno.

With the contact extension, the 22-year-old Colombian rider will stay with the Kazakh team during the 2017-2018 seasons.

“We worked with the young Colombian talented rider from his first year in professional cycling, we believed in him and we are proud of his results. I think that he can win a Grand Tour in the future," commented general manager Alexandr Vinokurov.

"I chose to remain in Astana Pro Team for two more seasons because I want to continue to grow. In these last two seasons with Astana, I have achieved good results and this is the result of good work together with managers, sport directors and staff. I still have to learn a lot and I am sure that here at Astana I will improve much with the aim of doing well in Grand Tours," said Lopez Moreno.

During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno has won the general classification of the Tour de Suisse and stages of the Vuelta a Burgos, Tour de Langkawi and Tour de San Luis.