While clouds of uncertainty loom over the B&B Hotels-KTM team and prospective signings like Mark Cavendish, the team's current sprinter has no major concerns about the team's future.

Luca Mozzato, an up-and-coming Italian talent with five top-10 finishes in Tour de France stages, believes that at worst the team will continue in its current form.

The French second division team, managed by Jérôme Pinault, was expected to bring in a new major sponsor for 2023 and sign a string of big-name players, including Cavendish and lead-out man Max Richeze. However, a team presentation scheduled for three weeks ago was canceled a day earlier, and new news has continued to emerge since then. According to French newspapers, Pinot's plans are far from secure, and time is running out to secure new sponsors and register with the UCI for 2023.

Cavendish and other riders may be in a tight spot, but Mozzato has indicated that the team will at least continue with its current, unexpanded structure.B&B Hotels is ranked 23rd in the 2022 UCI team rankings, behind Astana Kazakstan and Uno-X and earned a wildcard invitation to the Tour de France and a number of other WorldTour races.

"I don't know more than what the media is saying, but I think it's more a question of understanding what the team's budget will be," Mozzato told Tuttobiciweb.

"At worst, the team should stay the same this year, and for me that's fine. There is no reason to worry at this point."

B&B Hotels-KTM, established in 2018, failed to complete its registration with the UCI by the original deadline of October 15.

While there may still be a chance through the appeal process to the UCI Licensing Committee, Pinot is in a race against time to find a new sponsor; Amazon France, Carrefour, Cdiscount, and the City of Paris have all been rumored but have yet to be confirmed. The City of Paris was going to lend its name to the project, but may have withdrawn its support when it was later discovered that it would not contribute financially.

The B&B hotel chain is expected to receive €5 million in sponsorship for 2023.

Mozzato himself signed a contract extension through 2025 in the summer; the 24-year-old will turn pro in 2020, and although he has yet to win a race, he has a string of top-five finishes this season and four top-10 finishes in the Tour de France, making him a sprint and classics, he shows great promise.

"Winning is a goal, not an obsession. If I had it this year, this season would have been even sweeter," said Mozzato. I'm not sure I'd have won," Mozzato told Tuttovici.

"I can't give myself too high a rating because the goal I declared at the beginning of the season was to win. Nevertheless, the season was certainly positive, with a constant presence in the most important events and a number of prizes. In any case, it was a further step in the growth process.