World champion Peter Sagan has called for more respect within the peloton in an interview with Het Nieuwsblad having been awarded the International Flandrien of the year prize at the annual ceremony. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider also explained that his speech following the World Championships has been 'misunderstood' and that he 'hates technology'.
Sagan, who told Cyclingnews last week that embraces the role as the peloton's spokesman, made the comments to the Belgian newspaper on a balcony at the Ostende Casino.
"For sure there is some responsibility [that comes] with this jersey," Sagan said of the rainbow jersey he won last month. "I want to do my best next year but also maybe I want to change something in cycling because of lot of things are OK but a lot of things don't work.
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Sagan didn't specify what particularly wasn't working well in cycling but he was one of two Tinkoff-Saxo rider's to be involved in accidents involving race motos at the Vuelta a Espana. Sagan was knocked off his bike on the flat open run in in the final kilometres of stage 8 and was forced to withdraw from the race the following day with second degree burns and explained changes are need to prevent future incidents.
Sagan's boss, Tinkoff-Saxo team owner Oleg Tinkov has also expressed his views on issues with how the sport is currently being run and how it can be improved.
However Sagan did specify that having spoken with some of the more experienced riders in the peloton, he feels the new younger generation of riders are too care free.
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