Frenchman Pavel Sivakov will be a part of Tadej Pogacar in 2024 – Muricas News

He was some of the requested Frenchmen of the biking switch window this summer time. Pavel Sivakov, top-of-the-line tricolor riders within the peloton – the Russian by delivery selected French sports activities nationality in March 2022 -, ought to assist Tadej Pogacar subsequent yr. Sivakov is coming to the top of his contract with Ineos, ex-Sky, the place he began as an expert in 2018 and with whom he notably received the Tour of Poland 2019 or the Tour of Burgos final.

Among the many English, his ambition to assist a frontrunner win the Tour de France, which he has solely competed in as soon as, has light. This yr, Ineos may even current itself and not using a said ambition for a ultimate victory since Egan Bernal, winner of the 2019 Tour, shall be aligned with out having regained his degree because the accident which nearly value him his life in early 2022. Rightly or wrongly , Sivakov believed he had gone across the query at Ineos. And, above all, in keeping with his family, the sudden disappearance of the previous sports activities director Nicolas Portal in 2020, with whom he was very shut, then made him much less fulfilled.

Over the previous few months, Sivakov has obtained many gives. Probably the most severe in France got here from AG2R-Citroën. Vincent Lavenu was searching for a serious French rider who might assist the Australian Ben O’Connor on the Tour and shine on just a few classics. At the moment, Vincent Lavenu didn't know if Benoît Cosnefroy, additionally on the finish of his contract, was going to increase. Final I heard, that must be the case.

However the monetary proposal of Tadej Pogacar’s UAE group was superior to all of the others anyway. The profile of the Frenchman may be very widespread with Mauro Giannetti, the supervisor of the Emirati formation and Tadej Pogacar, the double winner of the Tour in 2020 and 2021. Clearly, nothing shall be official earlier than August and the opening of the marketplace for transfers. An nearly laughable date insofar as, to any extent further, all the things is mentioned and signed underneath the coat between spring and the start of summer time.

At UAE, Pavel Sivakov would subsequently be one among Pogacar’s lieutenants on the Tour or Paris-Good for instance. Whereas receiving authorization to precise themselves on Ardennes classics such because the Amstel-Gold Race and even Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He might thus comply with the instance of his compatriot Christophe Laporte, who final yr moved from Cofidis to Jumbo-Visma. And who took on a brand new dimension within the service of Van Aert whereas filling his prize listing with prestigious successes equivalent to a stage within the Tour de France or Ghent-Wevelgem.

Within the coming weeks, different names might animate the biking switch window. Like that of sprinter Fabio Jakobsen introduced at DSM or Arnaud Démare, on the finish of his contract at Groupama-FDJ and injured by his non-selection for the Tour and who's discussing particularly with the Arkéa-Samsic group.