After rumours once again emerged that Marcel Kittel was looking to break his Giant-Alpecin contract a season early, the German’s agent Jorg Werner has once again said that the big sprinter has no intentions of doing that.

“Those are only rumors,” Werner told VeloNews. “He has a contract next year, and he is willing to finish that. Those are only rumors that he is leaving Giant.”

However, Werner said that nothing is guaranteed for a contract extension with the German team past next year.

“He is taking the steps he needs to, and next year, we will see the Marcel Kittel from the past few years, with many sprint wins,” Werner said. “Next year, we will sit down at the table with the team [Giant], and see what happens for 2017. Right now, there is no reason to leave the team.”