After eight seasons at Team Sky Peter Kennaugh is set to embark on a phase of his career at Bora-Hansgrohe. In 2018 the British rider, who has spent his entire career riding in the service of others, will have the opportunity to step up and become one of the protected riders alongside Peter Sagan and Rafal Majka.
At the Bora team camp in Mallorca last week, Kennaugh had his first real chance to acquaint himself with his new teammates. Of course there had been a brief team presentation in Germany the days before, but the get-away on the Spanish island offered a true opportunity for the Manxman to mix with his future allies.
“It felt like changing school in the lead up to coming here,” he tells Cyclingnews after a late dinner and meeting with the management.
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“I was anxious, as you would be, but it’s been really chilled. Everyone is dead easy to get on with and it’s relaxed. It’s nice on the head, having that change of environment and having a complete set of new people to work with.”
Less than 30 miles away his former Team Sky colleagues are going through similar motions - eat, sleep, train, repeat - but for Kennaugh this winter marks a new adventure. He turned pro with Team Sky in 2010, during their inaugural season, and was tipped as a talented climber with a promising future, having finished third in the Baby Giro the year before.
Back in 2010, most would have put their money on Kennaugh reaching the top of the stage racing tree, rather than the older Chris Froome, but as the years past, the two riders’ trajectories drifted in opposite directions. While Froome abruptly transformed, Kennaugh became the personification of stagnation for British riders at Team Sky.
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