After five years at Astana, Jakob Fuglsang is considering a move away from the Kazakh team, with his agent seeking out offers from other WorldTour teams.
The Dane, 32, joined Astana from Radioshack at the start of 2013, finishing seventh in the Tour de France that year, and signed a two-year extension in the summer of 2015 to take him through to the end of the 2017 season.
"I have to consider all options. It's clear to me that after five years at Astana it might be time to move on," he told Cyclingnews in Saint-Chamond on Monday before the start of stage 2 at the Critérium du Dauphiné.
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"On the other hand, I have to say I'm happy in Astana and I've been happy the four and a half years I've been here. It could well be that I stay. They say, 'Why change it if it works?'. But it's also true that sometimes you have to look for new motivation, new things."
The past couple of years have seen Fuglsang play a domestique role at Astana, but the departure of Vincenzo Nibali at the end of last season has seen him granted more freedom this year. He was awarded leadership for the Tour de France, though that has since been changed to co-leadership, after a knee injury forced Aru to swerve his original objective of the Giro d'Italia.
Astana also have Miguel Angel Lopez in their ranks, and while the young Colombian is currently enduring a protracted injury lay-off, he would probably push Fuglsang back down to third in the GC pecking order next season.
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