Peter Sagan, who claimed the Tour de France green jersey, will join Tinkoff-Saxo next season.
It claimed the Russian-owned team would probably officially announce the deal after Thursday’s stage five of the Tour of Poland.
“The three-time winner of the green jersey from the Tour de France has signed a contract with the team of Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov,” the report said.
Although the 24-year-old Slovak, currently with Italian team Cannondale, won the Tour’s green jersey for the third year in a row last month, he failed to win a stage this year.
He has had a fairly unsuccessful season by his high standards, with victories at E3 Harelbeke and the Slovakian national road race on his palmares.
He was second in Strade Bianche, third at Gent-Welvelgem, sixth in Paris-Roubaix, and 10th at Milano-Sanremo.
Sagan also finished second in four Tour stages while coming fourth in another four. – AFP
