According to his agent Birger Hungerholdt, Edvald Boasson Hagen does still not have a contract for 2015. Boasson Hagen confirmed last week that he would leave Sky and his agent hopes to have a deal for his Norwegian star finalised in the next two to three weeks.

“We’ve not confirmed anything at the moment and we’ll be working on something in the next two to three weeks,” Hungerholdt told Cyclingnews.

“The point was that he needed new challenges and that’s why he’s moving on. We confirmed to Team Sky that he would be leaving last week. They hadn’t offered a contract to Edvald but there had been some good talks and there weren’t any problems with the team. It wasn’t anything to do with money. They did want to keep him.”

Boasson Hagen his suffered illness and injury at Sky and missed the Tour de France this season for the first time since joining the team. Tinkoff-Saxo is the team who many believe the 27-year old will sign for.

“He’s been there (Sky) for five years and after that amount of time you start thinking about new things and different teams. He wants to move to one of the best teams in the world and that should be finalised soon. He’s had the opportunities at Team Sky and he’s reached a better level but it’s time to move on.”