Three-time world champion Peter Sagan's (Bora-Hansgrohe) 2020 season is beginning to take concrete shape, with the spring classics, Giro d'Italia, and Tour de France confirmed as the base of his campaign.The 29-year-old Saga was in Milan on Thursday He toured the unveiling of the 2020 Giro d'Italia and revealed that he will make his debut in this race. The decision represents a departure from Sagan's typical program, which saw the Tour of California canceled in May and the Tour Down Under also being mothballed. Sagan has used the last two World Tour races in Australia as his opening races.

Sagan's busy first half of the season also suggests that the Olympic road race is not very high on his list of goals.

"I always said I wanted to race the Giro d'Italia before I finished my career. So I might finish after the Giro. That's a joke, but I'm glad the race is coming so close to Slovakia. It's going to be a really tough season for me, with the classics, the Giro, and the Tour. It will be different from being in the Tour. It's a different country and I have a lot of fans in Italy. I don't know about favorite stages. It will be a tough season, but I want to try something new. Olympic parkour is not for me," he told reporters in Milan.

Sagan, the record holder with seven Tour de France green jersey wins, will be aiming for stages in both the Giro and Tour next year, but with so many tough races ahead, the Bora-Hansloge leader knows he needs to tweak the race and training plan that has been relatively reliable for several years. He recognizes the need to do so.

"We'll see what we can do in 2020 with the Tour. The Giro comes right after the Classics and there is only a month before the Tour starts. So there may not be time to run the national championships in Slovakia. We need to organize our races and training carefully. Spring will be similar. I will run Argentina, Tirreno-Adriatico, and the Classics."

Sagan's immediate plans include a Gran Fondo in California in November and a team training camp in Majorca, Spain. Nevertheless, he has already been named as a Maria Rosa candidate for the first week of the Giro, when the race starts in Hungary.

"I still have a long way to go, six months or so ...... I need to see how my form and feeling is in the first few days. We'll see how it goes."