Originally Posted by
MinnMan
Maybe not. Sagan seems to have a sweet spot for the Giro. OTOH, it's putting on a show at the Tour that pays the bills for most teams, and winning sprint stages really has been Quick Step's bread and butter. So it's hard for me to imagine them going to the tour without a sprint-stage strategy. That might leave Remco with less support than he would need at the Tour, and couol eventually dislodge him to another team.
With 5 years left in his contract on a team that he feels is his, I don't see it. Even the biggest Sagan fan isn't going to expect him to be a serious green-jersey contender still in 2027. It's all about what Sagan can deliver in 2022 and maybe 2023.
Edit to add: as long as they have Alaphilippe (through 2024), don't think they'll be hard pressed to put on a show in France in the summertime. And he can still help Remco in all but the longest climbs, which is fine since nobody except Ineos and J-V can expect to have super-domestiques strong enough anyway.