Peter Sagan left the road of the Vuelta a Espana. The Tinkoff-Saxo leader hopes he will be in a good shape at the end of this month in order to win the rainbow jersey with the Slovakian selection.

"We will see how I am feeling after 10 days," Sagan said. "I want to be good at the Worlds, and for Slovakia it’s important. For sure I want to try to do my best preparation for this race."

About his schedule, he was non-committal as to whether he felt either approach was more suitable than the other. "It depends always on the Worlds, and the last two years riders who didn’t do the Vuelta have won the Worlds. But anyway, a one-day race is special and only one rider can win it."

Accoding to Cyclingnews, Sagan explained he did not know the route of the World Championship road race. "I know nothing about it. Nothing. Because the most important thing is to get the Worlds in top form. If you don’t get in top form, what are you going to do? The preparation is more important than looking at the course. We’ll ride around it I don’t know how many times in the race anyway, no?"