{"id":187173,"date":"2021-11-04T09:26:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=187173"},"modified":"2021-11-04T09:26:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:26:39","slug":"peter-sagan-we-are-going-to-build-a-team-around-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/11\/04\/peter-sagan-we-are-going-to-build-a-team-around-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Sagan: &#8216;We Are Going To Build a Team Around Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Slovakian superstar explained in an interview for L&#8217;Equipe that Team TotalEnergies was the team that wanted him the most. He now wants to help them grow to UCI WorldTour level.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to build a team around me and this is what attracts me to the project. It\u2019s pressure, sure, but it\u2019s just been my routine for a long time. It was no different with my old teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bora-hansgrohe.com\/en\">Bora-Hansgrohe<\/a> in 2016, people also spoke of it as a small team. The real question concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/08\/04\/peter-sagan-joins-team-totalenergies\/\">TotalEnergies<\/a> is not knowing what kind of team it is at the time I speak to you, but what path it intends to take. I don\u2019t care that they\u2019re not currently on the WorldTour, I want to help it grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187176\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/11\/Peter-Sagan-profimedia-0635310577.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187176\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/11\/Peter-Sagan-profimedia-0635310577.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Sagan\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sagan before the 2021 UCI Road World Championships. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sagan explained that the general manager, Jean-Ren\u00e9 Bernaudeau, went above and beyond to get the three-time World Champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral teams were interested, but the team of Bernaudeau showed the most respect for me. They really wanted me and they demonstrated it all the time. Every time we had a question, they responded immediately. Sometimes it took weeks for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We sincerely hope it will work out and we\u2019ll see Sagan win the major races again. What do you think? Will it work out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Slovakian superstar explained in an interview for L&#8217;Equipe that Team TotalEnergies was the team that wanted him the most. 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