Nicholas Roche has said that he is looking for a new role as he starts with the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Team.
The experienced Irishman teams up with the likes of Alberto Contador after leaving French team AG2R where he was team leader.
Speaking to our friends at www.cyclingnews.com, Roche said: “I needed a change.
“I’ve been doing the same thing over the last few years and that’s fine but I wanted a new structure and whole new way of racing. It was a great opportunity for me to change and I took it.
“Hopefully I’ll have different roles at different times of the year at different races. Obviously when Alberto will be there I’ll be riding for him but when he’s not there hopefully I’ll have the chance to race for myself. That of course depends on how I’m going because there are a lot of strong riders on the team.”
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