Ah the peculiarities of contractual arrangements

Tinkoff SAXO website, December 17, 2014
Source: http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/sponsors/

Screenshot from BBC Sport video, December 12, 2014
(Source: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/30448067)

Okay, this is a going to get a little bit complicated.

Peter Sagan is a professional cyclist riding for the Cannondale Team. In August 2014, he signed with a new team, Tinkoff SAXO. So starting in the 2015 season, he will be riding for a new team.

In December 2014, the Tinkoff SAXO team headed to the Canary Islands for some winter training. In a video on the BBC website you can see Peter Sagan, and the rest of the Tinkoff SAXO team, riding along on the Specialized S-Works bicycles. Well that's fine, Specialized is a Tinkoff SAXO team sponsor. But isn't that Cannondale kit that Peter Sagan is wearing?

I can only presume that Sagan is under contract to his old team until the end of 2014 and that is why he is still wearing his Cannondale team kit. I just can't figure out why he isn't still riding a Cannondale bike.

I've sent an email to his marketing team and I hope to have an answer sometime soon.