Simon Gerrans signs new three-year contract with Australian team Orica-GreenEdge

Simon Gerrans has signed a new three-year deal with Orica-GreenEdge.

The Australian rider was one of the team's founding members back in 2012, after spending two years with Team Sky, and he is now committed to them until the end of the 2017 season.

Gerrans has been the team's most successful rider, with victories in the 2012 Milan-San Remo classic and two stage victories at the 2013 Tour de France, a race in which he spent a couple of days wearing the yellow jersey.

This season has been just as successful, with victories in the Australian road-race championship, the Tour Down Under and in Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

“I’m really happy to stay at Orica-GreenEdge and I want to continue winning with this team,” Gerrans said. “I’ve been able to produce some of the biggest results of my career on this team and I’m thankful and proud of the leadership role they have given me.

“The camaraderie between the riders and the great support around us has made this the perfect place for me. The last three seasons have been such an incredible ride and I want to personally thank Gerry Ryan for bringing this team into the World Tour and make it possible for us to have an Australian based team at the highest international level.

“I look forward to the future, knowing that I couldn’t have picked a better team for the next part of my career.”