Tejay van Garderen was very sad to leave the roads of the Tour de France, ill. But the American rider wants to return to this three-week race and try to finish in the top 3. But with what jersey? Some rumors announce that he will join Trek Factory the next season. The teams, however, deny such a deal is in place.

BMC’s general manager, Jim Ochowicz told VeloNews about the future of this rider. "He’s got a contract. Is he staying? Yeah, sure, 100 percent."

"We have the U.S. race program with Utah and Colorado and the Vuelta a España, there are spots in both programs, but we need to stop and consider what is best for him," Ochowicz said. "He could slot into both of those. We know Rohan Dennis and maybe Pete Stetina will race in the U.S., and Sam Sánchez will participate the Vuelta a España. So far, for Tejay, we only thought as far ahead as the Tour."

Luca Guercilena, the Trek Factory Racing general manager, confirmed that van Garderen will not have on this back his jersey. "Trek is a U.S. company and Tejay is from the U.S., so for sure there’s interest. The market is a bit crazy right now. We saw numbers that are not realistic at all, simply too high. Not realistic for the value of the rider, or what you can have from the rider. Right now, certain riders, certain agents, are putting the bar so high that it’s far from realistic."

"It’s important to have a good American rider because we have an American company, but Trek wants an international team too. The American market is important, but there are other important markets in the world and we need to be realistic."