Peter Sagan announced on Tuesday that he will be joining the smaller French team TotalEnergies from the new season, which starts on January 1. His decision was no surprise, as this transfer had been speculated for several months.
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Daniel Oss, Maciej Bodnar and his brother Juraj are also heading to France with him. And the American cycling brand Specialized, of which Sagan has been a face for many years, is also moving.
The Slovak star gave an interview to the French daily l’Equipe. He also tried to respond to the words according to which he took a step back in his career. “You know, when I came to Bora in 2016, it was a small team. In a few seasons, everything changed. It is not important to look at the current status of the team, but at what we want to do with it, “said the three-time world champion.
“The fact that TotalEnergies is not one of the WorldTour teams does not bother me. I want to help make it a great team, “he added. In the meantime, the French team itself has confirmed that it will try to be among the elite in the near future. Whether it will be in the 2022 season, he did not say.
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The seven-time holder of the green jersey from the Tour de France confirmed that he and his boss of TotalEnergies – Jean Renie Bernadeau – first competed at the Tour de France three years ago. He allegedly liked the way he let his racers ride.
Bernaudeau allegedly talked to Sagan for the first time about the possibility of transferring a 31-year-old Slovak in Monaco a few months ago at home. He admitted one interesting thing – the world champion from 2015, 2016 and 2017 allegedly asked him about the possibility of racing, for example, on a mountain bike.
“Peter is trying to be himself. He created a kind of microtome around him with very close people, which allows him to be happy, “Bernaudeau explained to the Velonews portal. “It’s also his vision of cycling. When I met him at his house in Monaco, he half-asked me – as if he didn’t dare – if he could take part in the field race. It is a new market that is connected with ecology, urban mobility, the pleasure that he and I are looking for. That will open a new door for us. “
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However, Sagana has been waiting for less than half a year in the Bory jersey. He should first fully recover from the fall of the Tour de France, in September he should take part in the World Championships in Belgium and on October 3 in the translated monumental classic Paris – Roubaix. This should be his last appearance in the jersey of the German team.
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