Wheeling and dealing
Having just won a stage of the Giro d’Italia, Peter Sagan is in jovial mood during his post-race interview, when the reporter asks about a potential change of team at the end of the season.
‘It’s mooted that Deceuninck-QuickStep, Israel Start-Up Nation and Movistar are all interested,’ poses the reporter.
‘So you see I have a choice,’ laughs Sagan. ‘I still have to decide.’
The 31-year-old Slovak is out of contract this year, with no sign that Bora-Hansgrohe, his team since 2017, will extend his tenure. Where will Sagan go? We suspect he has already decided but, due to UCI rules on moving between WorldTour teams, public pronouncements can’t be made until 1st August, and even once the season is over riders cannot be seen in their new team colours until 1st January the following year – something that caused a tricky situation for Cyclist and Sagan a few years back…
Rules is rules
It’s early December 2014 and is interviewing Peter Sagan in Gran Canaria where his new Tinkoff-Saxo team is having a training camp. However, as the 24-year-old is still officially signed with Cannondale until 1st January 2015, he can’t be seen in his new kit. So while Sagan can happily discuss how delighted he is to be joining the team of billionaire Oleg Tinkov, he has to join
