Adam Blythe is likely to be Tinkoff-Saxo’s biggest summer signing with the Russian team set for a season of consolidation rather than expansion. Last year the team owned by Oleg Tinkov pulled off the signing of year in Peter Sagan but having already re-signed Alberto Contador earlier this season they look set to follow through with series of renewals over the coming weeks.
The team have roughly 14 riders out of contract for 2016 with Christopher Juul Jensen the most notable departure.
“We’ve not signed anyone prominent but we should have a few finalised in the next week, one of which is Adam but there’s nothing completed yet,’ general manager Stefano Feltrin told Cyclingnews.
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Blythe signed a one-year deal with Orica GreenEdge for 2015 but has not been offered a new contract by the Australian team.
“We’re renewing riders this week. We’ve just finished the Tour and we’re reviewing riders with a really thorough analysis. We also tested twelve U23 riders, some of whom are now stagiaires with the team. That’s three guys and we’ll see if they can find a place with us for next year.”
“We have 14 riders out of contract at the moment and potentially we’d like to keep them all. The only one who has come to us and said they wanted to do something different is Jensen.”
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