Sheffield’s Adam Blythe has signed for Tinkoff-Saxo for the 2016 season. The 25-year-old, who in 2015 rode for Orica-GreenEdge, will work in support of Peter Sagan in the classics, Tinkoff-Saxo announced.
Blythe said: “I consider Tinkoff-Saxo to be the best team in the world that has the best classics rider in the world, Peter Sagan. It will be a dream to me to support Peter in the best of my abilities so that he wins a classic.”
Blythe raced for Omega Pharma-Lotto for two seasons before spending 2012 and 2013 at BMC Racing. In 2014 he joined the continental team NFTO, racing under Tinkoff-Saxo’s sporting director Sean Yates, and in that period he won the Prudential RideLondon Classic, beating Team Sky’s Ben Swift in a sprint finish.
Steven de Jongh, Tinkoff-Saxo’s sport director, said: “We have been watching Adam and he has shown he can do good races. We hope he will further develop as a rider and reach his best level next year.”
Sagan won his first Grand Tour stage in over two years on Monday when he sprinted to victory in stage three of the Vuelta a España.
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